The Linux development kernel now supports wireless 'personal area networks', but ordinary users won't see the software for a while yet. Support for Bluetooth has been added to the Linux development ...

A new Bluetooth security vulnerability has appeared, and this time Linux is under the gun. Andy Nguyen, an information security researcher, discovered the vulnerabilities. They are collectively known ...

Bluetooth attack vector, dubbed ‘BlueBorne’, leaves billions of smart Bluetooth devices open to attack including Android and Apple phones and millions more Linux-based smart devices. Researchers ...

A newly revealed critical security issue with Bluetooth can potentially allow attackers to take control of Android, Linux, macOS and iOS devices. Detailed by security researcher Marc Newlin on GitHub ...

Bluetooth and General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) are used widely today to make devices on the move Internet accessible. Bluetooth is a low-range wireless technology that can be made a part of almost ...

It came to my attention while approving submitted links the existence of two Linux Bluetooth stacks. The first one is BlueZ, the Official Linux Bluetooth protocol stack. It is an Open Source project ...

Many modern cell phones can take pictures and short video clips. This is great for taking candid photos and sharing them with friends and family at a later time. Modern cell phones also commonly have ...

My old mobile phone, which was held together with duct tape for the last few months of its sad existence, has finally been replaced with something more modern. I wanted to pick up a programmable, ...

Google and Intel are warning of a high-severity Bluetooth flaw in all but the most recent version of the Linux Kernel. While a Google researcher said the bug allows seamless code execution by ...

Support for Bluetooth has been added to the Linux development kernel, a step toward native Bluetooth support in upcoming releases of the Linux operating system. Bluetooth allows PCs, portable devices ...