Article 4FG1A Bluetooth's Complexity Has Become a Security Risk (Wired)

Bluetooth's Complexity Has Become a Security Risk (Wired)

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Wired looksat the security issues stemming from the complexity of the Bluetoothstandard. "Bluetooth has certainly been investigated to a degree, butresearchers say that the lack of intense scrutiny historically stems againfrom just how involved it is to even read the standard, much lessunderstand how it works and all the possible implementations. On the plusside, this has created a sort of security through obscurity, in whichattackers have also found it easier to develop attacks against otherprotocols and systems rather than taking the time to work out how to messwith Bluetooth."
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