Has Tapplock Fixed The Bluetooth Mac Address Hack



  1. Easy, Shareable Access: share Bluetooth access remotely with family & friends from the Tapplock app. Get a notification whenever they unlock your Tapplock lite. Lightweight & Portable: designed with agility in mind, Tapplock lite is strong and compact, and perfect in the house or on the go. 3 Ways To Unlock: fingerprint, Bluetooth, and backup.
  2. 'No user interaction is required and only the Bluetooth MAC address of the target devices has to be known. For some devices, the Bluetooth MAC address can be deduced from the WiFi MAC address.
  1. Has Tapplock Fixed The Bluetooth Mac Address Hacks
  2. Has Tapplock Fixed The Bluetooth Mac Address Hacked
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Has Tapplock Fixed The Bluetooth Mac Address Hacks

Ridiculously Insecure Smart Lock

L2ping MACADDRESS If you're having trouble finding the MACADDRESS, usually you'll be able to see it in your bluetooth settings. I also like to use bluetoothctl and then devices list and it'll show you what devices have been picked up by the scanner or paired previously and what their MAC addresses are. Next, you run the bluesnarfer program. Tapplock says it is pushing out a security firmware update to address the Bluetooth vulnerability, namechecking Pen Test Partners - we'll look out to see if Tierney or any other security experts are able to test out another lock once this has rolled out. We haven't tested the Tapplock here at The Ambient yet.

Tapplock sells an “unbreakable” Internet-connected lock that you can open with your fingerprint. It turns out that:

  1. The lock broadcasts its Bluetooth MAC address in the clear, and you can calculate the unlock key from it.
  2. Any Tapplock account can unlock every lock.
  3. You can open the lock with a screwdriver.

Regarding the third flaw, the manufacturer has responded that “…the lock is invincible to the people who do not have a screwdriver.”

You can’t make this stuff up.

EDITED TO ADD: The quote at the end is from a different smart lock manufacturer. Apologies for that.

Posted on June 18, 2018 at 6:19 AM • 44 Comments

TappLock charges itself as an “unbreakable” shrewd bolt. The $100 Bluetooth-based, unique finger impression initiated bolt has gotten applaud crosswise over different press outlets as of late, since its IndieGoGo battle raised more than $300,000.

In any case, things being what they are it’s anything but difficult to air out the bolt with some jolt cutters in around 10 seconds. Or then again, significantly faster, an Android application can hack it open in only 2 seconds, specialists from British outfit Pen Test Partners asserted Wednesday. Tapplock has guaranteed to issue a refresh that takes care of the last issue.

Pen Test Partners found that not exclusively was the Tapplock sending information used to check an open over decoded HTTP lines, yet the information was the same without fail. This implied an assailant sitting on an indistinguishable system from a Tapplock client could sniff the activity and snatch the opening information, so it could be reused whenever, in unendingness. A more secure innovation would change that information for each open and send it scrambled.

Exacerbating the situation was the manner by which the Tapplock key was made. It was gotten from the Bluetooth low-vitality (BLE) MAC address, a one of a kind gadget identifier that was transparently communicated over the system. Here’s the reason that is terrible, as clarified by Pen Test Partners specialist Andrew Tierney: “The main thing we have to open the bolt is to know the BLE MAC address. The BLE MAC address that is communicated by the bolt.

Has Tapplock Fixed The Bluetooth Mac Address Hacked

Tierney added the assault content to an Android application to make the assault as straightforward as could reasonably be expected. Also, for a physical test, Tierney took a 12-inch combine of jolt cutters and cut the secure open around 10 seconds.