This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Researchers have found undocumented commands in a popular bluetooth chip which is inside over a ...

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 ubiquitous ESP32 microchip made by Chinese manufacturer ...

Recent discoveries by cybersecurity researchers have unveiled undocumented commands hidden within Bluetooth chips, potentially impacting over a billion devices globally. These functionalities, previously unknown to both manufacturers and users, introduce ...

Security researchers have discovered dozens of undocumented commands hidden in a Bluetooth chip found in billions of devices. Credit: Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images A potential security issue has been discovered by cybersecurity researchers ...