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'BlueBag' PC Sniffs Out Bluetooth Flaws

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the next-door-neighbors dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Why isn't Bluetooth set to "hidden" in all of Nokia's phones? Some hackers in Italy stuffed a computer with a bunch of Bluetooth dongles in a suitcase to see how many Bluetooth devices they could discover by wandering around airports, train stations and shopping malls. The answer? More than 1,400 in 23 hours." The team will present their findings at BlackHat later this summer.

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  1. Re:Abu Mussab Al Zaqari dead at 40 by alohatiger · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I heard they found him bny pairing with his bluetooth phone.

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  2. Re:Abu Mussab Al Zaqari dead at 40 by amrust · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    +1 to Funny, for timely and, well... funny.

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