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Bluetooth Low Energy WarDriving 101

by infosecrf on 12/30/17, 11:21 AM with 25 comments

• by fencepost on 12/30/17, 9:20 PM

  This is interesting and has potential, but right now it's just getting the hardware going with a better antenna. It'll be much more interesting to see what he finds over the course of a month or so.

• by vxNsr on 12/30/17, 11:58 PM

  So the idea would be to see how easy it is to hijack these devices wit driveby attacks?

• by sandworm101 on 12/31/17, 7:23 AM

  There is much better hardware out there. The Ubertooth devices can pick up BLE, and can also plug into basically any antenna you want. It's been a while since I played with it, but a few years ago my ubertooth was grabbing LAPs without difficulty. It's not a dirt-cheap device (150$ all in) but is open and available from a variety of sources.

  https://github.com/greatscottgadgets/ubertooth/wiki/Capturin...

• by ttflee on 12/31/17, 12:54 PM

  Would this process also work for WiFi usb dongles, which also operate on 2.4GHz?

• by NuSkooler on 12/30/17, 10:35 PM

  What are thoughts on what one could potentially achieve with connectable devices?

• by hmottestad on 12/30/17, 11:18 PM

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