Mipow Playbulb: Bluetooth Connection Sniffing
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Summary
This documentation explains the basics of Bluetooth hacking perfomed on the MiPow Playbulb Candle with the GATT Tool
Requirements
- Bluetooth adapter which can use BLUETOOTH Low Energy (BTLE)
- A computer running a Linux distribution e.g. raspberry pi 3
Description
Fundamentals steps
Ensure that the Bluetooth sender is running.
sudo service bluetooth status
If the output shows (dead) use the following command.
sudo service bluetooth restart
Check if the hcitool finds your Bluetooth sender
hcitool dev hciconfig -a
Retrieve the Bluetooth Address of the victim device
Depending on the Bluetooth Technology (BR/EDR or LE) the device use there are two commands to scan the Bluetooth addresses.
hcitool scan hcitool lescan
The BLE Scan outputs the Address of the The MiPow Playbulb Candle as follows:
hcitool lescan DC:48:4B:0F:AC:E6 (unknown) DC:48:4B:0F:AC:E6 PLAYBULB
Used Hardware
raspberry pi 3 b+