New pairing hack seizes control over Bluetooth devices

Colin Dunstan · 06-04-2005, 10:42 AM

A new hacking technique may allow evil doers to hack into any Bluetooth-enabled device, even when security features are switched on. New Scientits reports that two cryptographers, Avishai Wool and Yaniv Shaked of Tel Aviv University in Israel have worked out how to force devices to pair whenever they want. The pairing process is the first communication between two Bluetooth devices where a secret encryption key is exchanged. Once pairing succeeded, one person could theoratically, for instance, make phone calls on another person's phone.

Shaked and Wool will present their findings at the MobiSys 2005 conference next Monday. Update: Here is a link to the actual presentation. Thanks Alex!

Alexander Turcic · 06-04-2005, 10:52 AM

You can find the presentation online already here:

http://www.eng.tau.ac.il/~yash/shake...s05/index.html

06-04-2005, 10:42 AM	#1
Colin Dunstan Is papyrophobic! Posts: 1,926 Karma: 1009999 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: USA Device: Dell Axim	New pairing hack seizes control over Bluetooth devices A new hacking technique may allow evil doers to hack into any Bluetooth-enabled device, even when security features are switched on. New Scientits reports that two cryptographers, Avishai Wool and Yaniv Shaked of Tel Aviv University in Israel have worked out how to force devices to pair whenever they want. The pairing process is the first communication between two Bluetooth devices where a secret encryption key is exchanged. Once pairing succeeded, one person could theoratically, for instance, make phone calls on another person's phone. Shaked and Wool will present their findings at the MobiSys 2005 conference next Monday. Update: Here is a link to the actual presentation. Thanks Alex! Last edited by Colin Dunstan; 06-04-2005 at 10:53 AM. Reason: presentation link added

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06-04-2005, 10:52 AM	#2
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,175 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	You can find the presentation online already here: http://www.eng.tau.ac.il/~yash/shake...s05/index.html

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