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KNOB attack threatens over a billion Bluetooth

Security Affairsby @securityaffairs ()4 min read2 · 1 read
Analyze CVE-2019-9506 with Vani AIImpact, affected versions, exploitation, mitigations and detection

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CVE-2019-9506
The Bluetooth BR/EDR specification up to and including version 5.1 permits sufficiently low encryption key length and does not prevent an attacker from…
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2019-9506 and referred as Key Negotiation of Bluetooth ( KNOB ) attack could allow attackers to spy on encrypted connections. Researchers at the Center for IT-Security, Privacy and Accountability (CISPA) found a new Bluetooth vulnerability, referred as Key Negotiation of Bluetooth (KNOB) attack, that could allow attackers to spy on encrypted connections.

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