Apple patches Beats Studio Buds flaw that could turn earbuds into a wiretap
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Apple patched CVE-2025-20701, a Bluetooth authentication flaw in Airoha SoCs affecting Beats Studio Buds that could let a nearby attacker impersonate a pairing device to eavesdrop via the earbuds' microphones, extract pairing keys, and potentially compromise the user's phone; Apple released firmware 1B211 which should update automatically when the earbuds are near an iPhone, iPad, or Mac.
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