{"id":168498,"date":"2023-09-09T18:14:34","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T17:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=168498"},"modified":"2023-10-18T05:55:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T04:55:55","slug":"your-iphone-could-be-spammed-via-bluetooth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/mobile\/your-iphone-could-be-spammed-via-bluetooth\/","title":{"rendered":"Your iPhone could be spammed via Bluetooth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is such a compact gadget &#8211; Flipper Zero.\u00a0It&#8217;s something of a &#8220;Swiss Army knife&#8221; of cybersecurity for enthusiasts.\u00a0Roughly speaking, it allows you to interact with various wireless protocols and interfaces, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and RFID.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"figure-align\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-187511 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/39_techweek.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1961px) 100vw, 1961px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/39_techweek.jpg 1961w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/40_techweek.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1961\" height=\"1960\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The range of available entertainment is limited only by the user\u2019s imagination and skills: someone turns off annoying TVs in public areas, someone opens barriers, and someone bombards\u00a0other\u00a0people\u2019s iPhones with false system messages.<\/p>\n<p>The device can mimic signals from Apple&#8217;s Bluetooth peripherals, such as endless notifications about a new AirTag or AirPods near the device.\u00a0And it is extremely difficult to get rid of such an attack without leaving the coverage area: the smartphone becomes practically useless.\u00a0Fortunately, the range of action of the Flipper Zero is very small, but you need to understand that this is far from the only device capable of such manipulations.<\/p>\n<p>So it might be worth breaking the habit of keeping Bluetooth on all the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is such a compact gadget &#8211; Flipper Zero.\u00a0It&#8217;s something of a &#8220;Swiss Army knife&#8221; of cybersecurity for enthusiasts.\u00a0Roughly speaking, it allows you to interact with various wireless protocols and interfaces, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and RFID. The range of available entertainment is limited only by the user\u2019s imagination and skills: someone turns off annoying [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/mobile\/your-iphone-could-be-spammed-via-bluetooth\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":168502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1509],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-168498","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}