Comments on: Bluetooth not secure! Surprised? http://abwaters.com/2008/01/01/bluetooth-not-secure-surprised/ on software development, technology, etc. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:55:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: globaluniver http://abwaters.com/2008/01/01/bluetooth-not-secure-surprised/comment-page-1/#comment-5981 globaluniver Thu, 07 Feb 2008 07:27:53 +0000 http://abwaters.com/2008/01/01/bluetooth-not-secure-surprised/#comment-5981 with my It is every still there. black berries. to my parents with my It is every still there. black berries. to my parents

]]> By: admin http://abwaters.com/2008/01/01/bluetooth-not-secure-surprised/comment-page-1/#comment-4278 admin Wed, 02 Jan 2008 02:21:09 +0000 http://abwaters.com/2008/01/01/bluetooth-not-secure-surprised/#comment-4278 There was some discussion about whether this would even work. The main point was that devices had to be "paired" before they could even begin communicating and unless someone left their device in the pairing mode it wouldn't work. Turns out, that is not the case. The hack works fine even on devices that are not in pairing mode by spoofing a "forget" message causing the target device to resend the link key used to encrypt the conversations between the two paired devices. More details here: http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7461 There was some discussion about whether this would even work. The main point was that devices had to be “paired” before they could even begin communicating and unless someone left their device in the pairing mode it wouldn’t work.

Turns out, that is not the case. The hack works fine even on devices that are not in pairing mode by spoofing a “forget” message causing the target device to resend the link key used to encrypt the conversations between the two paired devices.

More details here:

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7461

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