What happens after the world learns a hacker can wirelessly infect a Fitbit with malware in 10 short seconds? Security drama.
At the Hack.Lu 2015 security conference in Luxembourg, Fortinet researcher Axelle Apvrille (@cryptax) presented a proof-of-concept vulnerability in Fitbit fitness trackers; an attacker in close range needed only 10 seconds to wirelessly inject malicious code into a Fitbit wristband via a Bluetooth connection. The foreign code could persist and then infect a PC or other devices to which the Fitbit connects.
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Source: Computer World