Microsoft and Android release security patches for BlueBorne

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Microsoft and Android have released security patches for their operating systems that provide solution for BlueBorne, the dangerous vulnerability of Bluetooth.

All alarms were leaping past the alarms after the laboratories at Armis, an IoT security company, unveiled this terrible security hole that affected more than 8.2 billion devices that are hung with Bluetooth wireless connectivity. And no wonder: the vulnerability can be exploited by any attacker to take full control of all types of devices, including Windows and Linux, and mobile phones and tablets iOS and Android.

According to Armis Labs report, BlueBorne is a very serious thing that can not be taken lightly. To act, all that is needed is that the Bluetooth is activated in the device: to penetrate and control the devices it is not necessary that they are paired with the attacker, that they are in visible mode, nor that the user interferes in any way. The whole process is done silently without the antivirus solutions can detect it.

Fortunately, both Microsoft and Android have reacted very quickly to launch patches that address this Bluetooth vulnerability. The Mountain View company yesterday released the CVE-2017-8628 security update that corrects the way Windows handles Bluetooth requests. It is valid for Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2016.

Google has done the same has also added the patch that fixes BlueBorne for Android in the September security updates. However, for now most Android phones have not received the patch, as the September security updates are only receiving the Android 8.0 smartphones Oreo, which are the Pixel and the Nexus.