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New BLUFFS Bluetooth Attack Expose Devices to Adversary-in-the-Middle Attacks

By Newsroom — December 4th 2023 at 13:16
New research has unearthed multiple novel attacks that break Bluetooth Classic's forward secrecy and future secrecy guarantees, resulting in adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) scenarios between two already connected peers. The issues, collectively named BLUFFS, impact Bluetooth Core Specification 4.2 through 5.4. They are tracked under the identifier CVE-2023-24023 (CVSS score: 6.8)
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Twitter Finally Rolling Out Encrypted Direct Messages — Starting with Verified Users

By Ravie Lakshmanan — May 11th 2023 at 05:31
Twitter is officially beginning to roll out support for encrypted direct messages (DMs) on the platform, more than five months after its chief executive Elon Musk confirmed plans for the feature in November 2022. The "Phase 1" of the initiative will appear as separate conversations alongside existing direct messages on users' inboxes. Encrypted chats carry a lock icon badge to visually
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The Uniquely American Future of US Authoritarianism

By Thor Benson — March 26th 2023 at 11:00
The GOP-fueled far right differs from similar movements around the globe, thanks to the country’s politics, electoral system, and changing demographics.
☐ ☆ ✇ Naked Security

S3 Ep102: How to avoid a data breach [Audio + Transcript]

By Paul Ducklin — September 29th 2022 at 18:45
Latest episode - listen now! Tell fact from fiction in hyped-up cybersecurity news...

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