A Bluetooth vulnerability to be wary of

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For users of Bluetooth on your devices, make sure you have the latest updates/patches for them. There is a a vulnerability that can be leveraged against devices using Bluetooth unless they are using up to date operating systems. This includes Windows, Android and iOS before iOS 10. See this article for more information:

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Thanks for the heads up Graham .

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Thank you for timely warning and the link. I hadn’t heard anything about this previously.

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But is it true? How does one verify this sort of information?

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Some sources include

https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2017/09/12/BlueBorne-Bluetooth-Vulnerabilities

https://www.cert.gov.au/advisories

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Thank you for the information. An interesting read.

Cheers.

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