Security1 hOctober 29, 2026, 00:10

Kaspersky finds Bluetooth flaw in widely used warehouse barcode scanners

Kaspersky researchers found that handheld barcode scanners and their base stations communicate over Bluetooth without authentication. An attacker could eavesdrop to get the base station's address and send spoofed keystrokes, gaining a foothold in enterprise networks.

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Scanner and base station pair over Bluetooth with no mutual authentication
Attack lets intruders inject keystrokes into connected workstations
Flaw observed across devices from multiple vendors
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