04-08-2012, 12:30 PM
Hacking Bluetooth enabled mobile phones and beyond – Full Disclosure
Bluetooth Introduction (1)
● Wire replacement technology
● Low power
● Short range 10m - 100m
● 2.4 GHz
● 1 Mb/s data rate
● Bluetooth SIG
– Trade Association
– Founded 1998
– Owns & Licenses IP
– Individual membership free
– Promoter members: Agere, Ericsson, IBM, Intel,
Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia and Toshiba
History (1)
● Bluejacking
– Early adopters abuse 'Name' field to send message
– Now more commonly send 'Business Card' with
message via OBEX
– 'Toothing' - Casual sexual liasons
Bluesnarfing
– First publicised by Marcel Holtmann, October 2003
● Wireless Technologies Congress, Sindelfingen, Germany
– Adam Laurie, A L Digital, November 2003
● Bugtraq, Full Disclosure
● Houses of Parliament
● London Underground
– 'Snarf' - networking slang for 'unauthorised copy