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Nokia releases 'invisible' Bluetooth security fix

...admitted that some of their Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones were vulnerable to "bluesnarfing", in which an attacker can read, modify and copy a phone's... Read more

22 July, 2004 by Munir Kotadia

Bluesnarfing tools 'spreading quickly

...software tools enabling a bluesnarf attack are widely available on the Internet. Bluesnarfing is a method of hacking into a Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone and... Read more

16 February, 2004 by Munir Kotadia

Nokia admits multiple Bluetooth security holes

...admitted that some of its Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones are vulnerable to "bluesnarfing", which is where an attacker could read, modify and copy a phone... Read more

9 February, 2004 by Munir Kotadia

Bluetooth phones at risk from 'snarfing'

...device to be stolen by the attacker. The new exploit is called bluesnarfing. Bluesnarfing is said to affect a number of Sony Ericsson, Ericsson and... Read more

9 February, 2004 by Munir Kotadia

Symantec warns users over Bluetooth security

...phones and Bluetooth-equipped notebooks. To these users, terms such as "bluejacking", "bluesnarfing" or even "bluebugging" would probably be unfamiliar. "There are many other methods... Read more

21 September, 2007 by Lynn Tan

Year-old Bluetooth vulnerability invites mobile worm

...would end up with an automatic Bluetooth worm. They could combine the bluesnarfing technique to automatically accept a Bluetooth file offering," said Hyppönen. Just making... Read more

3 August, 2004 by Munir Kotadia

Sony Ericsson advises users to turn off Bluetooth

Sony Ericsson has joined Nokia in admitting that its Bluetooth phones could be vulnerable to a 'snarfing' attack, meaning that a hacker can access data even if the phone is not paired with another Bluetooth device Read more

11 February, 2004 by Munir Kotadia

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...shoppers. Elsewhere, the Bluetooth wireless connection was quiet." We've had our Bluesnarfing scares in London, it's true, and if you do a scan... Read more

3 March, 2006 by Rupert Goodwins

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...shoppers. Elsewhere, the Bluetooth wireless connection was quiet." We've had our Bluesnarfing scares in London, it's true, and if you do a scan... Read more

3 March, 2006

Nokia to secure high-end phones

...for its Bluetooth-enabled phones that are vulnerable to what is called "bluesnarfing," a trick that allows an intruder to read, modify and copy the... Read more

25 August, 2004 by ZDNet UK

Nokia releases invisible Bluetooth hack fix

...admitted that some of their Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones were vulnerable to "bluesnarfing", in which an attacker can read, modify and copy a phone's... Read more

23 July, 2004 by Munir Kotadia

PC: Hey, your mobile's being stolen!

...physical loss. Leaving Bluetooth switched on can place devices at risk of Bluesnarfing -- a technique in which an attacker reads, modifies and copies a phone... Read more

7 July, 2004 by Matt Loney

DoS and phishing attacks: coming to a mobile near you?

Or about as common as woolly mammoths? Recent news about bluesnarfing – using Bluetooth to hack into mobiles without leaving a trace of the... Read more

20 February, 2004 by Jo Best

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