CVE-2016-6539 TrackR Bravo MAC address can be exposed in close proximity and used to obtain the device ID

The Trackr device ID is constructed of a manufacturer identifier of four zeroes followed by the BLE MAC address in reverse. The MAC address can be obtained by being in close proximity to the Bluetooth device, effectively exposing the device ID. The ID can be used to track devices. Updated apps,...

How to track and locate device on Xenmobile

Question: How to track and locate the device on XenMobile Answer: XenMobile tracks all of the device's location after customers' send the locate request. It would report the last known location of the device when the GPS is on. For more reference please refer the following article :...

BlueMaho v090417 - Bluetooth Security Testing Suite

BlueMaho is GUI-shell interface for suite of tools for testing security of bluetooth devices. It is freeware, opensource, written on python, uses wxPyhon. It can be used for testing BT-devices for known vulnerabilities and major thing to do - testing to find unknown vulns. Also it can form nice...

Using Ultrasonic Beacons to Track Users

I've previously written about ad networks using ultrasonic communications to jump from one device to another. The idea is for devices like televisions to play ultrasonic codes in advertisements and for nearby smartphones to detect them. This way the two devices can be linked. Creepy, yes. And als...

Hundreds of Apps Using Ultrasonic Signals to Silently Track Smartphone Users

Your smartphone may have some apps that are continuously listening inaudible, high-frequency ultrasonic sounds from your surroundings and they know where you go, what you like and dislike — all without your knowledge. Ultrasonic Cross-Device Tracking is a new technology that some marketers and...

Department of Education Lambasted Over Database Vulnerabilities

Like the Office of Personnel Management before it, the Department of Education has failed to heed repeated warnings that its systems contain multiple weaknesses. In a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing held this week, Congressman and committee chair Jason Chaffetz R-Utah...

Cisco IOS Software IP Device Tracking DoS

A vulnerability in the IP Device Tracking function in Cisco IOS could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to trigger a denial of service condition resulting in a reload of the device. It should be noted that while the vendor describes a possible workaround, this plugin does not test for the...

CVE-2013-6705

The IP Device Tracking IPDT feature in Cisco IOS and IOS XE allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service IPDT AVL corruption and device reload via a crafted sequence of ARP packets, aka Bug ID CSCuh38133...

Memory corruption

The IP Device Tracking IPDT feature in Cisco IOS and IOS XE allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service IPDT AVL corruption and device reload via a crafted sequence of ARP packets, aka Bug ID CSCuh38133...

CVE-2013-6705

The IP Device Tracking IPDT feature in Cisco IOS and IOS XE allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service IPDT AVL corruption and device reload via a crafted sequence of ARP packets, aka Bug ID CSCuh38133...

CVE-2013-6705

Cisco IOS and IOS XE IP Device Tracking (IPDT) is affected by CVE-2013-6705, allowing remote, unauthenticated attackers to trigger a denial-of-service that leads to an IPDT AVL corruption and device reload via a crafted sequence of ARP packets (Bug CSCuh38133). The linked sources describe the vul...

Android Device Manager allows user to Lock, Wipe and Locate device remotely

If you lose your device, Google lets you secure it instantly from afar through Android Device Manager, that let you locate and remotely wipe your phones and tablets. The latest update to Android Device Manager enables remote password locking, overrides the built-in Pattern, PIN code, Face unlock ...

GPS based tracking service provided by Samsung vulnerable to thieves

Samsung which is currently believed to the highest Smartphones Seller in the World is now providing a Remote tracking solution in all its smartphones to Track the lost phone with the name "Samsung Dive". The Service is based on the Architecture which primarily acquires precise location of the sma...