After successfully replacing the firmware with a replacement image that did nothing more than display the word “patched” on the speaker’s LED display, the researcher got to wondering what else a hacker might do. So he turned his attention to FreeRTOS, the open source operating system that ran the Katana V2X. It contained a set… Read More: How a USB-connected speaker can infect a PC without ever… »
Getty Images reader comments 52 with 39 posters participating, including story author Share this story When you use your phone to unlock a Tesla, the device and the car use Bluetooth signals to measure their proximity to each other. Move close to the car with the phone in hand, and the door automatically unlocks. Move… Read More: New Bluetooth hack can unlock your Tesla—and all kinds of… »
reader comments 41 with 26 posters participating, including story author Share this story Google and Intel are warning of a high-severity Bluetooth flaw in all but the most recent version of the Linux Kernel. While a Google researcher said the bug allows seamless code execution by attackers within Bluetooth range, Intel is characterizing the flaw… Read More: Google and Intel warn of high-severity Bluetooth security bug in… »