Sweyntooth BLE Vulnerabilities

29 February 2020 by Phillip Johnston • Last updated 18 August 2020On 11 February 2020, the SweynTooth family of Bluetooth vulnerabilities was announced by the ASSET Research Group at the Singapore University of Technology and Design. These vulnerabilities highlight the dangers of blindly relying on a vendor’s security testing process, as well as flaws with BLE certification testing. If you’re interested in this topic, we encourage you to read the original paper. The paper is well-written and goes into greater detail than is covered here. Overview SweynTooth is a family of 12 public vulnerabilities, with additional vulnerabilities under non-disclosure, that …

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