New Bluetooth Vulnerability Discovered Billions Of Devices Exposed

Unfortunately, the list of SoC manufacturers contains some of the most popular ones, including Qualcomm, Silicon Labs, Intel, Texas Instruments, and more… 11 in total. Bluetooth vulnerability ‘BrakTooth’ affects billion of devices Bluetooth vulnerability ‘BrakTooth’ affects billion of devices This vulnerability is called ‘BrakTooth’. Vulnerable chips are used by Microsoft Surface laptops, Dell desktops, and several Qualcomm-based smartphone models, it has been reported. Do note that researchers only examined the Bluetooth software libraries from 13 SoC boards from 11 vendors....

February 21, 2023 · 2 min · 308 words · Susan Reyes

New Oneplus Nord 2 Update Goes Live Brings November 2021 Security Patch

Recently, the device came into scrutiny due to a security vulnerability. This vulnerability allowed an attacker to gain access to the root shell without needing to have USB debugging left on. All the attacker needed was the physical OnePlus Nord 2 and a PC to do all of this. OnePlus is quickly solving this pressing matter with the latest update for OnePlus Nord 2. However, it brings disappointment in terms of a security update....

February 21, 2023 · 2 min · 423 words · Ethan Olson

New Qualcomm Ar Glasses Design Pulls Power From Your Smartphone

The new design — dubbed the Wireless AR Smart Viewer — manages to accomplish that without a lot of extra hardware. Instead relying only on a Snapdragon XR2 chip in the glasses themselves. Additionally, compared to previous AR reference designs, the new platform is 40-percent thinner and boasts a more balanced weight distribution. The company also says that SeeYA is responsible for the display technology. Specifically, a dual micro-LED binocular display with 1920 x 1080 resolution per eye....

February 21, 2023 · 2 min · 395 words · Richard Smith

New Us Task Force Looks To Take On Telecom Middlemen On Robocalls

Haven’t carriers within the US already put a stop to robocalls without this task force? Haven’t carriers within the US already put a stop to robocalls without this task force? Now, for clarity, the entities that the States’ Attorneys General are looking to rein in here aren’t the carriers themselves. Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T, and others have already widely implemented STIR/SHAKEN. That has, in and of itself, tamped down on a significant number of robocalls....

February 21, 2023 · 2 min · 271 words · Erin Huber

Nokia Ceo Claims 6G Could Be Commercially Available By 2030

The world will transition from smartphones to wearable devices before the arrival of 6G, the Nokia CEO said The world will transition from smartphones to wearable devices before the arrival of 6G, the Nokia CEO said Although there are expectations that 6G will officially start making the waves later this decade, Lundmark said it won’t be smartphones that take this new tech to the next decade. When asked about a timeline for when the world moves from smartphones to smart wearable devices, he said it would happen sometime before the arrival of 6G....

February 21, 2023 · 2 min · 355 words · Erin Ruiz
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