How a bug in an obscure chip exposed a billion smartphones to hackers

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Post by G8WyaX » Sat, Sep 16, 2017, 6:34 AM UTC

How a bug in an obscure chip exposed a billion smartphones to hackers
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Re: How a bug in an obscure chip exposed a billion smartphones to hackers

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Post by bradknowles » Sat, Sep 16, 2017, 7:24 AM UTC

This story is from July 2017. Any time-sensitive comments that are made should be interpreted in that context.

Otherwise, a good story and an important point to review, in case anyone hasn't already applied this patch.

Re: How a bug in an obscure chip exposed a billion smartphones to hackers

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Post by G8WyaX » Sat, Sep 16, 2017, 8:43 AM UTC

bradknowles wrote: post #2

This story is from July 2017. Any time-sensitive comments that are made should be interpreted in that context. Otherwise, a good story and an important point to review, in case anyone hasn't already applied this patch.

You are right. The story of Sept 2017 is this one: "HEY, TURN BLUETOOTH OFF WHEN YOU'RE NOT USING IT" https://www.wired.com/story/turn-off-bluetooth-security/ , original: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3990994-Armis-WP-Blu...