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Rascals are always sociable, and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the little pleasure he takes in others company. Arthur Schopenhauer


Denial of Pleasure: Attacking Unusual BLE Targets with a Flipper Zero

You might have heard about the recent “Apple BLE pair spoofing attack” which, thanks to an application developed for Flipper Zero, allows anyone to send pairing signals to iOS devices, creating annoying notifications. This method utilizes advertisement packets from various iOS pairing-capable devices, which, when broadcasted, are received by all listening devices within a range of about 5 meters.

In this blog post, I will revisit the same methodology, but this time attacking…unusual targets. This is an opportunity to review how broadcasting works in BLE and to become familiar with developing applications for Flipper Zero, in this case, leveraging the Bluetooth APIs. Denial of Pleasure: Attacking Unusual BLE Targets with a Flipper Zero

November 14, 2023
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