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Researchers have found undocumented commands in a popular bluetooth chip which is inside over a billion devices worldwide. The secret commands are in the ESP32 chip, which is made by Espressif. The ...

Update 3/9/25: After receiving concerns about the use of the term 'backdoor' to refer to these undocumented commands, we have updated our title and story. Our original story can be found here. The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, March 10, 2025: This story now has a statement from ...

The cheap WLAN and Bluetooth chips from the manufacturer Espressif, ESP32, contain undocumented commands in the Bluetooth hardware communication in current firmware versions. This opens up a security ...

Yesterday Google updated its line of Home devices with the ability to connect to Bluetooth speakers. Pair a Bluetooth speaker with a Home device and the speaker responds to commands given to Home.