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Awesome Bluetooth Security (BR, EDR, LE, and Mesh)
This list links to useful references for anyone working with Bluetooth BR/EDR/LE or Mesh security.
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Contents
- Notable Vulnerabilities
- Conference Talks
- Bluetooth Security Tools
- Primary Reference Materials
- Useful Sites
Notable Vulnerabilities
| Vulnerability name | Conference & Year published | Vulnerability website URL | Paper URL | Video URL | SIG Notice | Technology Impacted | Related CVE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlueBorne | Black Hat Europe 2017 | Site | Paper | Video | No Notice | BR/EDR | CVE-2017-8628, CVE-2017-0781, CVE-2017-0782, CVE-2017-0783, CVE-2017-0785, CVE-2017-14315, CVE-2017-1000250, CVE-2017-1000251, CVE-2017-14315, CVE-2017-1000410 |
| Bleedingbit | 2018 | Site | Paper | Video | No Notice | LE | CVE-2018-7080, CVE-2018-16986 |
| Fixed Coordinate Invalid Curve Attack | 2018 | Site | Paper | No Video | SIG Notice | BR/EDR/LE | CVE-2018-5383 |
| SweynTooth | 2019 | Site | Paper | Video | No Notice | LE | CVE-2019-16336, CVE-2019-17060, CVE-2019-17061, CVE-2019-17517, CVE-2019-17518, CVE-2019-17519, CVE-2019-17520, CVE-2019-19192, CVE-2019-19193, CVE-2019-19194, CVE-2019-19195, CVE-2019-19196, CVE-2020-10061, CVE-2020-10069, CVE-2020-13593, CVE-2020-13594, CVE-2020-13595 |
| KNOB | USENIX 2019 | Site | Paper | Video | SIG Notice | BR/EDR | CVE-2019-9506 |
| BIAS | IEEE S&P 2020 | Site | Paper | Video | SIG Notice | BR/EDR | CVE-2020-10135 |
| Pairing Method Confusion | 2020 | Site | Paper | No Video | SIG Notice | BR/EDR/LE | CVE-2020-10134 |
| BlueFrag | 2020 | Article | No Paper | No Video | No Notice | Android | CVE-2020-0022 |
| Spectra | Black Hat USA 2020 | Abstract | TBD | Video | No Notice | WiFi+BT modules | CVE-2019-15063, CVE-2020-10367, CVE-2020-10368, CVE-2020-10369, CVE-2020-10370 |
| BLURtooth | 2020 | No site | No Paper | No Video | SIG Notice | BR/EDR+LE | CVE-2020-15802 |
| BLESA | WOOT 2020 | Site | Paper | Video | No Notice | LE | CVE-2020-9770 |
Conference Talks
2003
- DEF CON 11 - Bruce Potter - Bluetooth - The Future of Wardriving Video
2005
- 22C3 - Marcel Holtmann, Martin Herfurt, Adam Laurie: Bluetooth Hacking - The State of The Art Video
2006
- 23C3 - Thierry Zoller, Kevin Finistere: Bluetooth Hacking Revisited Video
2007
- DeepSec 2007 - Marcel Holtmann: New Security Model of Bluetooth 2.1 Video
2009
- DEF CON 17 - Dominic Spill, Michael Ossmann, and Mark Steward - Bluetooth Smells like Chicken Video
- Shmoocon 2009 - Bluetooth-Ossman.m4v Video
2010
- Shmoocon 2010 - Michael Ossmann - Bluetooth Keyboards: Who Owns Your Keystrokes? Video
- DEF CON 18: Breaking Bluetooth by Being Bored 1/3 Video
2011
- ShmooCon 2011: Project Ubertooth: Building a Better Bluetooth Adapter Video
- DeepSec 2011 - Tommi Makila & Jukka Taimisto: Intelligent Bluetooth Fuzzing - Why bother? Video
2012
- Ruxcon 2012: Bluetooth Packet Sniffing Using Project Ubertooth - Dominic Spill Video
- Toorcon 2012 - Hacking Bluetooth Low Energy: I Am Jack's Heart Monitor Video
- DEF CON 20: Passive Bluetooth Monitoring in Scapy Video
2013
- USENIX WOOT 2013 - Mike Ryan - Bluetooth: With Low Energy Comes Low Security Video
- ShmooCon 9 - How Smart Is Bluetooth Smart? Video
- Blackhat USA 2013 - Bluetooth Smart: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, and the Fix! Video
- DeepSec 2013 - Veronica Valeros & Sebastian Garcia: Uncovering your Trails - Privacy Issues of Bluetooth Devices Video
2014
- CanSecWest 2014: Outsmarting Bluetooth Smart Video
- DEF CON 22 - The NSA Playset Bluetooth Smart Attack Tools Video
- DEF CON 22 - Grant Bugher - Detecting Bluetooth Surveillance Systems Video
2015
- DEF CON 23 - Mike Ryan and Richo Healey - Hacking Electric Skateboards Video
2016
- DEF CON 24 - Anthony Rose, Ben Ramsey - Picking Bluetooth Low Energy Locks a Quarter Mille Away Video
- DEF CON 24 - Realtime Bluetooth Device Detection with Blue Hydra Video
- DEF CON 24 Internet of Things Village Damien Cauquil Btlejuice The Bluetooth Smart Mitm Framework Video
- Blackhat USA 2016 - Gattacking Bluetooth Smart Devices - Introducing a New BLE Proxy Tool Video
- Hack.lu 2016 - Damiel Cauquil - BtleJuice: the Bluetooth Smart Man In The Middle Framework Video
- EMF16 - Michael Ossmann - My Ubertooth Year Video
2018
- DEF CON 26 - Damien Cauquil - You had better secure your BLE devices Video
- 35C3 - Dennis Mantz and Jiska Classen - Dissecting Broadcom Bluetooth Video
- MRMCD2018 - Dennis Mantz and Jiska Classen - A Deep Dive into Bluetooth Controller Firmware Video
2019
- DEF CON 27 - Damien Cauquil - Defeating Bluetooth Low Energy 5 PRNG for Fun and Jamming Video
- USENIX Security '19 - Pallavi Sivakumaran - A Study of the Feasibility of Co-located App Attacks against BLE Video
- RSA 2019 - Mike Ryan - Bluetooth Reverse Engineering: Tools and Techniques Video
- Hardwear.io USA 2019 - Mike Ryan - Bluetooth Hacking: Tools And Techniques Video
- Hardwear.io Netherlands 2019 - Sultan Qasim Khan - Sniffle: A low-cost sniffer for Bluetooth 5 Video
- MRMCD2019 - Dennis Mantz and Jiska Classen - Playing with Bluetooth Video
- BruCON 0x0B - Damien Cauquil - Defeating Bluetooth Low Energy 5 PRNG for fun and jamming Video
- Hack.LU 2019 - Damien Cauquil - Defeating Bluetooth Low Energy 5 PRNG For Fun And Jamming Video
2020
- Hardwear.io Virtual Con 2020 - Daniele Antonioli - From Bluetooth Standard to Standard Compliant 0-days Video
- DEF CON 28 - Jiska Classen and Francesco Gringoli - Spectra — New Wireless Escalation Targets Video
Bluetooth Security Tools
Linux Utilities & Tools
- BlueZ (l2ping, gatttool, hciconfig, hcidump, hcitool, sdptool, bccmd, bluetoothctl, etc.) Link
Scanners & Sniffers
- Sniffle Github
- Bettercap Github
- sparrow-wifi Github
- bluelog Github
- Blue Hydra Github
- btlesniffer Github
- btscanner Link
- BT Audit Link
- redfang Gitlab
- bleah (deprecated, replaced by Bettercap) Github
Exploit Tools
- Btlejack Github
- crackle Github
- btcrack Github
- BLE-Replay Github
- BLESuite-CLI Github
- BlueMaho Gitlab
- BlueDiving Sourceforge
- Blooover Link
- l2ping (BlueSmack DoS) Link
- hidattacl Link
OBEX Attack Tools
Fuzzing
Firmware Analysis
Man-in-the-middle & Packet Injection
Device Spoofing
Ping & Signal Strength Tools
Honeypot
- bluepot Github
Android Apps
- nRF Connect for Mobile Google Play
Hardware
- Nordic Semiconductor nRF-51 Development Kit Link
- Sena UD-100 (~$39) Link
- Ubertooth One (~$120) Link
- Ellisys Bluetooth Tools Link
- Frontline Bluetooth Tools Link
Other
- Wireshark: Protocol analyzer and packet capture Link
- Frontline Wireless Protocol Suite (Windows only) Link
- Uberducky (BLE-triggered rubber ducky) Github
- CarWhisperer: Bluetooth sniffer for in-vehicle connections Link
- BLEBoy: BLE testing platform Github
Primary Reference Materials
Bluetooth Core Specifications Link
NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-121 revision 2 Link