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New Way To Crack Secure Bluetooth Devices

Posted by Zonk on from the mind-what-you-say dept.

moon_monkey writes "Cryptographers have discovered a way to hack Bluetooth-enabled devices even when security features are switched on, according to a report from New Scientist.com. The discovery may make it even easier for hackers to eavesdrop on conversations and charge their own calls to someone else's cellphone. From the article: 'Our attack makes it possible to crack every communication between two Bluetooth devices, and not only if it is the first communication between those devices,'"

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  1. Show me the code by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting


    where are these cryptographers and their code ?
    and why isnt this mentioned on Butraq or Full Disclosure ?

  2. Article is missing an important detail by plover · · Score: 2, Interesting
    By forcing a re-pairing (as stated in the article) does it then rely on the user to re-pair his devices as a manual step? Or does this re-pair process happen in an automated fashion?

    If it's a manual step, then it'll require education of the users to not pair their phones in public.

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    John
  3. man this ain't very good news by Adult+film+producer · · Score: 2, Interesting

    this fucking depressing, can firmware updates fix these streams of bluetooth hacks? Or is the problem so close to the hardware that nothing but scrapping the device and building from ground-up fix it ?