![]() BlueBuggingīlueBugging is an exploit that was developed after it was seen how easy BlueJacking and BlueSnarfing can be to conduct. An attacker could receive enough information about your phone or laptop to conduct more harmful cyber attacks. Data that is dangerous in the hands of cyber attackers, such as your text messages, emails, photos, and the unique identifying information that your phone or laptop uses with your cellular provider or ISP. You see, a BlueJacking attack just sends data, whereas a BlueSnarfing attack can take data. So what is BlueSnarfing? It’s similar to BlueJacking in some ways, but much more dangerous. That helps make everything easy to understand. They’re all Bluetooth-specific exploits with the word Blue in their names. You probably notice a trend in the naming of these Bluetooth security risks. A message sent by BlueJacking could contain a hyperlink to a website that has malware, or a website that grabs sensitive information from its victim. Phishing is when an attacker pretends to be a trusted entity like your bank, phone company, or Amazon to entice the victim into clicking on a link or entering their sensitive information. ![]() But phone messages can be a means of phishing attacks. Like BlueSmacking, this attack is more of an annoyance than anything else. Or perhaps an attacker could leave a BlueJacking device on the street and target your phone while you walk past it. ![]() So your BlueJacking attacker would probably be in the same room as you. ![]() Bluetooth usually has a broadcasting range of ten meters or about thirty feet. BlueJacking is when one Bluetooth device hijacks another with spam advertising. BlueJackingīlueJacking sounds like Bluetooth plus hijacking for a reason. BlueSmack and Bluetooth is a similar concept. I couldn’t finish a large pizza in one sitting, and if I tried to force myself to I’d probably “shutdown” with a stomach ache on my couch. To get technical, a BlueSmack attack uses the L2CAP layer of Bluetooth’s networking stack to send a really oversized data packet. So Denial of Service attacks shouldn’t be underestimated. But through the distraction or inconvenience of a Denial of Service attack, attackers are able to conduct more destructive cyber attacks. You can usually recover from one by rebooting the targeted device. Thankfully Denial of Service attacks are relatively minor as far as cyber attacks in general are concerned. The target gets overwhelmed, so it shuts down. What’s a Denial of Service attack, you might ask? It’s when a target such as a server or device gets way more data packets or oversized data packets than it’s designed to handle. The most common types of Bluetooth attacks BlueSmackingīlueSmacking is a way to execute a Denial of Service attack against a Bluetooth-enabled device. It helps to know what the security risks with Bluetooth are so you can enjoy all of the convenience of the widespread wireless technology while mitigating its risks. You don’t want unauthorized parties to access the data you’re transferring via Bluetooth, nor do you want them to have access to your Bluetooth-enabled devices. And how would you connect your phone to your car?īut as a wireless data transfer standard, of course Bluetooth has some associated cybersecurity risks. We would have one less way to transfer files between your laptop and your phone. What would we do without Bluetooth these days? Our earbuds and headphones would have to use annoying wires. This blog was written by an independent guest blogger.
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