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Does the attacker actually need to be nearby? Or does there just need to be some communications link between the car's Bluetooth transceiver and the attacker?
by CoastalCoder 1y ago
Does the attacker actually need to be nearby?
Or does there just need to be some communications link between the car's Bluetooth transceiver and the attacker?
I'd think that installing a BT <--> cell network bridge would easily solve that hurdle.
- dylan604 1y agoAre there BT antennas for long range? Like, can I make a Yagi style antenna out of a Pringles can and some all thread like we used to do for WiFi?
- bradyd 1y agoBluetooth uses the same 2.4GHz as WiFi
- smackeyacky 1y agoNo but there are bluetooth gateways that allow local bluetooth LE connections on one side and wifi / cell on the other. Cassia makes some great ones. I can see somebody setting up a Cassia in a car park and performing all sorts of bluetooth LE shenanigans remotely.
- cogman10 1y agoWhat BT <--> cell bridge? The cell -> phone -> bluetooth audio bridge? I don't think there's an exploit there, but even assuming there was, it'd require an attacker to know the phone number of the person they are attacking and for the car to be on at the same time when they execute the attack.
- lostmsu 1y agoThey mean to attach a device to the victim car that does Car BT <-> Device <-> 5G <-> Hacker
- cogman10 1y agoSeems like you still need a device either exploited or created physically located near your target/s. Maybe a car worm virus? Exploit one car and if it has a cell connection piggyback? Feels a little like the 90s ILUVYOU emails :)
- bdavbdav 1y agoBT to cell bridge? Just a phone stuck somewhere would work.