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BluebuggingExploiting a security flaw in earlier Bluetooth phones that enables an attacker to gain control of the phone. Once in control, data can be retrieved and phone conversations can be monitored. See Bluesnarfing, Bluespamming, Car Whisperer and Bluejacking. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Although Bluetooth has some security problems, such as bluebugging, where in a hacker can secretly accesses a phone''s commands and bluesnarfing, where in a hacker can access a phone''s data such as its contacts, Bluetooth devices can be locked with the input of a code. Bluebugging "gives you the ability to take full control of the [victim's] phone itself to a level where you can make calls, send SMS [text] messages, read received SMS messages, edit the phone book, delete entries, whatever you want," says Laurie, who is now working with Martin Herfurt to test the limits of this capability. |
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