Internet of Things

Security experts explained that unlike other hacking strategies, in this case, the hackers

did not need to deceive users into taking a wrong step for hacking or infecting neither did the

victim’s device had to be paired with the hacker’s device. Instead, it was simply possible to hack

the victims if only their Bluetooth was enabled; a setting which is mostly common in today’s

IoT devices.

Moreover, it was also concluded that these aected IoT devices could be further misused to

infect other IoT devices which can include air-gapped and segregated devices with a turned-on

Bluetooth. According to an expert, this is an airborne attack vector or de ...