
I was on a cruise ship last year that handed out "Medallions" to all passengers, used to unlock cabins, charge food/drink etc. Some experimenting showed it to be using BLE technology. Scope for mischief there, I'd have thought.
A trio of boffins at Singapore University this week disclosed 12 security vulnerabilities affecting the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) SDKs offered by seven system-on-a-chip (SoC) vendors. The flaws, collectively dubbed SWEYNTOOTH (because every bug has to have its own name these days), allow a suitably skilled attacker to crash …
Some Viking names or nick-names are pretty striking. "Wood-Nose" is one to ask about, but the owner may be sensitive about their appearance. Looking online, it probably does not refer to a wooden spectacles-stand of novel and humorous design (some have a moustache), which looks like what you give to the man or woman who has everything, including glasses.