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HistoryDec 08, 2023 - 12:05 p.m.

New Bluetooth Attack

2023-12-0812:05:19
Bruce Schneier
www.schneier.com
9
bluetooth
attack
breaks
forward secrecy
exploits
vulnerability
decade
sessions
hijack
confidental communication
flaws

7 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.003 Low

EPSS

Percentile

71.2%

New attack breaks forward secrecy in Bluetooth.

Three news articles:

> BLUFFS is a series of exploits targeting Bluetooth, aiming to break Bluetooth sessions' forward and future secrecy, compromising the confidentiality of past and future communications between devices.
>
> This is achieved by exploiting four flaws in the session key derivation process, two of which are new, to force the derivation of a short, thus weak and predictable session key (SKC).
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> Next, the attacker brute-forces the key, enabling them to decrypt past communication and decrypt or manipulate future communications.

The vulnerability has been around for at least a decade.

7 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.003 Low

EPSS

Percentile

71.2%