Bluetooth Hack

Don’t Be Vulnerable To Bluetooth Hacking

Bluetooth Hacking is extremely popular these days especially with the software that are available to hackers.

Of course, it makes people vulnerable to Bluetooth hack because of the cell phone units and laptops that have Bluetooth devices in them. These hackers are now equipped to gain access to any Bluetooth device made available to them.

Bluetooth works when two Bluetooth enabled devices communicate with each other. Before they can do that, they need to be able to find each other first. The Bluetooth device should be made available so they can be found by the other Bluetooth device. However, this is also the time when the cell phone or laptop is vulnerable for attacks.

Most cell phone units are the ones who have fallen victim to Bluetooth hacking. There are many kinds of attacks and they can either be in the following forms: bluesnarfing, bluejacking and bluebugging. Bluesnarfing means unauthorized access to a Bluetooth enabled device so the person could steal personal information or files. We can protect ourselves from bluesnarfing if our phones are not in discoverable mode. Another type of bluetooth hacking is bluejacking which is relatively harmless as it only involves somebody sending you an electronic business card. The one who has sent you that card is probably in the same room with you. Last but not the least is Bluebugging, which is another type of bluetooth hacking. It enables the person to listen in on your phone conversations, make calls and send or receive text messages using your account. This is quite similar to the first type but this is more used on the older types of phones.