Bluetooth Security and Exploitation

  1. Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Vulnerabilities and Attacks
    1. Advertising Layer Attacks
      1. Beacon Spoofing
        1. iBeacon Impersonation
          1. Eddystone Manipulation
            1. Location Spoofing
          2. GATT Protocol Exploitation
            1. Unauthorized Characteristic Access
              1. Permission Bypass Techniques
                1. Authentication Circumvention
                  1. Data Exfiltration Methods
                  2. GATT Fuzzing Attacks
                    1. Automated Fuzzing Tools
                      1. Protocol State Manipulation
                        1. Crash and Vulnerability Discovery
                        2. Service Manipulation
                          1. Service Spoofing
                            1. Characteristic Modification
                              1. Descriptor Tampering
                            2. Pairing and Encryption Attacks
                              1. Passive Eavesdropping
                                1. Pairing Exchange Capture
                                  1. Key Derivation Attack
                                    1. Temporary Key Extraction
                                    2. Active Man-in-the-Middle
                                      1. Pairing Interception
                                        1. Key Exchange Manipulation
                                          1. Connection Hijacking
                                          2. Downgrade Attacks
                                            1. Security Mode Downgrade
                                              1. Legacy Pairing Enforcement
                                                1. Encryption Bypass
                                                2. Just Works Exploitation
                                                  1. Zero-Knowledge Pairing
                                                    1. MITM Attack Scenarios
                                                    2. Replay Attacks
                                                      1. Authentication Bypass
                                                        1. Command Replay
                                                          1. Session Hijacking
                                                        2. Privacy and Tracking Attacks
                                                          1. Address Resolution Attacks
                                                            1. IRK Extraction
                                                              1. Address Correlation
                                                                1. Device Tracking
                                                                2. MAC Address Tracking
                                                                  1. Static Address Monitoring
                                                                    1. Movement Pattern Analysis
                                                                    2. Service UUID Tracking
                                                                      1. Unique Service Identification
                                                                        1. Device Fingerprinting
                                                                      2. Denial of Service Attacks
                                                                        1. BLE Channel Jamming
                                                                          1. Frequency-specific Interference
                                                                            1. Data Channel Disruption
                                                                            2. Connection Flooding
                                                                              1. Resource Exhaustion
                                                                                1. Connection Table Overflow
                                                                                2. Invalid Packet Injection
                                                                                  1. Protocol Violation
                                                                                    1. Stack Crash Induction
                                                                                    2. Battery Drain Attacks
                                                                                      1. Excessive Connection Requests
                                                                                        1. High-frequency Operations

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                                                                                    4. Classic Bluetooth (BR/EDR) Vulnerabilities and Attacks

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                                                                                    6. Major Named Vulnerabilities and Attack Campaigns