Onno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radio to Privacy@lemmy.ml · edit-22 months agoUndocumented "backdoor" found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion deviceswww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1208arrow-down130file-text
arrow-up1178arrow-down1external-linkUndocumented "backdoor" found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion deviceswww.bleepingcomputer.comOnno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radio to Privacy@lemmy.ml · edit-22 months agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareazdle@news.idlestate.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-22 months agoMaybe we can find out for sure through the magic of the fediverse… @[email protected] Is the “backdoor” mentioned in https://www.tarlogic.com/news/backdoor-esp32-chip-infect-ot-devices/ about what you shared in your RootedCON talk? If so, how worried should people using devices containing ESP32s be?
minus-squareFeyr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoNone. People that have physical access to you device can write malicious firmware. Which they can already do with physical access It’s an overblown nothing-burger. Calling it a backdoor is a security researcher juicing up some minor finding
Maybe we can find out for sure through the magic of the fediverse…
@[email protected] Is the “backdoor” mentioned in https://www.tarlogic.com/news/backdoor-esp32-chip-infect-ot-devices/ about what you shared in your RootedCON talk? If so, how worried should people using devices containing ESP32s be?
None. People that have physical access to you device can write malicious firmware. Which they can already do with physical access
It’s an overblown nothing-burger. Calling it a backdoor is a security researcher juicing up some minor finding