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(DIR) Post #AbRMkiMEcEmV0roevI by MishaalRahman@androiddev.social
2023-11-03T20:22:35Z
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You may have read articles about how the Flipper Zero can be used to easily spam iOS, Windows, and Android with bogus Bluetooth device connection requests, which in the case of iOS 17, can crash them. Here's how to protect your Android device from these spam attacks.Many outlets are telling users to disable Nearby Share, but that's the wrong setting to disable. Instead, you need to go to Settings --> Google --> Devices & sharing --> Devices and turn off "Scan for nearby devices".
(DIR) Post #AbRMm18YHQxtXt2NLE by MishaalRahman@androiddev.social
2023-11-03T20:22:49Z
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This is the setting that controls the Google Fast Pair Service (GFPS), or Fast Pair for short, which is Google's Bluetooth device pairing request feature these DoS attacks are spamming.Fortunately, Fast Pair seems to have some built-in protection against this kind of attack. According to mobile-hacker, Fast Pair seems to ignore excessive pairing requests.
(DIR) Post #AbRMnB2KxUm6XSgQeO by MishaalRahman@androiddev.social
2023-11-03T20:23:02Z
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Note: Some OEMs have their own Fast Pair-like implementations that need to be disabled separately to mitigate this kind of attack. It may not be possible to disable these without turning off Bluetooth entirely, though.This article on mobile-hacker does a great job at explaining this recent attack, which is gaining popularity thanks to how easy the Flipper Zero makes it to do: https://www.mobile-hacker.com/2023/10/17/spam-ios-android-and-windows-with-bluetooth-pairing-messages-using-flipper-zero-or-android-smartphone/
(DIR) Post #AbRgAY71EFCftajPYe by MicyMontu@techhub.social
2023-11-04T00:00:09Z
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@MishaalRahman thanks Sir!