Specifically, Linux-based BlueZ IoT devices, Android-based Fluoride and the iOS BLE stack are all vulnerable, while Windows implementations of BLE remain unaffected, they said.

BLE spoofing on Android devices is now as easy as using a smartphone, thanks to a new app that mimics the Flipper Zero's features.

A new security flaw in the Bluetooth software stack discovered over the summer has the potential to affect billions of smartphones, laptops and IoT devices using the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE ...

As a result, Airbitz has recently launched wireless Bitcoin payments for Android. The Airbitz protocol is compatible between iPhone and Android devices.The idea for wireless Bitcoin payments emerged ...

Android L-which may later be called Android Lollipop-has been previewed at Google I/O. The changelog has also been released and in the coding there is something called BLE Peripheral Mode.

HTC Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) has noted its next version of Android, likely Jelly Bean 4.3, will feature Bluetooth low energy wireless network technology, or BLE.

Buried deep in the list of new features revealed for the L release of Android, whenever that comes out and whatever it will be called when it is, was BLE Peripheral Mode. This addition to Android ...

Affected Versions And Devices The bug was introduced when Android 4.3 Jelly Bean added support for BLE to the Bluedroid Bluetooth stack.