Google Recalls Its Bluetooth Titan Security Keys Because of a Security Bug

'Google today disclosed a security bug in its Bluetooth Titan Security
Key that could allow an attacker in close physical proximity to
circumvent the security the key is supposed to provide. From a report:

The company says that the bug is due to a "misconfiguration in the
Titan Security Keys' Bluetooth pairing protocols" and that even the
faulty keys still protect against phishing attacks. Still, the company
is providing a free replacement key to all existing users. The bug
affects all Titan Bluetooth keys, which sell for $50 in a package that
also includes a standard USB/NFC key, that have a "T1" or "T2" on the
back.'

-- source: https://it.slashdot.org/story/19/05/15/1728202

Rather than "Titan", they should have called it "Achilles"... ;-)

Cheers, Peter
-- 
Peter Reutemann
Dept. of Computer Science
University of Waikato, NZ
+64 (7) 858-5174
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/
http://www.data-mining.co.nz/
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