Undocumented commands found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices
Our title and narrative have been amended in response to concerns regarding the use of the term 'backdoor' to describe these undocumented commands. You may read our original story here.
Undocumented commands on the widely used ESP32 microprocessor, manufactured by the Chinese company Espressif and utilized by more than 1 billion units as of 2023, could be used for malicious purposes.
The undocumented commands enable pivoting to other devices on the network, spoofing trustworthy devices, gaining unauthorized access to data, and possibly establishing long-term persistence.
Spanish researchers Antonio Vázquez Blanco and Miguel Tarascó Acuña of Tarlogic Security made this discovery and shared their results yesterday at RootedCON in Madrid read more Undocumented commands found in Blue...