Blueborne – A new attack vector endangering major operating systems

Re:Blueborne – A new attack vector endangering major operati... by r1ch on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @10:03AM (#15227323)

This looks very scary, especially given how many Android devices are out there that receive few or no security updates.

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Re:Blueborne – A new attack vector endangering major operati... by padde on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @03:43PM (#15231410)

Agreed. And just checked - my Samsung Galaxy S8 is vulnerable, no update available. Thanks Samsung!

This one will get nasty...

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Re:Blueborne – A new attack vector endangering major operati... by wohlergehen on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @03:52PM (#15231612)

Well, I've been meaning to root mine and flash crDroid... This is certainly the final push.

They state 10% of all Android devices are vulnerable and won't get patches, and since the vulnearbility is arguably wormable I can't see how these devices will stay clean.

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Re:Blueborne – A new attack vector endangering major operati... by yumaikas on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @04:23PM (#15232119)

Does keeping the BlueTooth radio turned off help here?

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Re:Blueborne – A new attack vector endangering major operati... by sevensor on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @04:42PM (#15232396)

I have the same question -- I turned off the Bluetooth radio on my phone the day I got it, and I've never turned it back on. But does that mean the radio is actually powered down, or is the phone blocking Bluetooth at a higher level? Similarly, or possibly the same question, is an rfkill soft block adequate for a laptop with bluetooth?

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Re:Blueborne – A new attack vector endangering major operati... by kelnos on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @09:03PM (#15234612)

On a laptop, if you want to be sure, you can at least do `sudo modprobe -r btusb` (or whatever your particular chipset's BT driver is called).

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Re:Blueborne – A new attack vector endangering major operati... by sevensor on Thursday September 14, 2017 @09:12AM (#15247587)

A very good point -- that's definitely better than rfkill.

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Re:Blueborne – A new attack vector endangering major operati... by carlmr on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @03:54AM (#15236326)

At this point in time buying Samsung is just a bad decision. Have you checked out custom ROMs?

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Re:Blueborne – A new attack vector endangering major operati... by voltagex_ on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @09:31PM (#15234740)

I got the August security update yesterday - how do I check if I'm vulnerable?

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Re:Blueborne – A new attack vector endangering major operati... by kreneskyp on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @09:36PM (#15234780)

For android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.armis.blue...

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Re:Blueborne – A new attack vector endangering major operati... by voltagex_ on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @09:50PM (#15234837)

Thanks. Yep, the S8+ updated yesterday is vulnerable.

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Re:Blueborne – A new attack vector endangering major operati... by AlfeG on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @01:05AM (#15235704)

On other hand. My MiBox 3 suddenly received update.

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