Injecting Audio Into Insecure Bluetooth Handsets 222
vandon writes "Linux hackers have demonstrated a way to inject or record audio signals from passing cars running insecure Bluetooth hands-free units. The Trifinite group showed how hackers could eavesdrop on passing motorists using a directional antenna and a Linux Laptop running a tool it has developed called Car Whisperer."
Solution: Encryption (Score:2, Insightful)
List of which kits are susceptable (Score:5, Insightful)
These guys seem to be pretending to be doing it for the good of the industry, but their site seems to list a lot of Bluetooth Hacks & Attacks [trifinite.org]. And they didn't seem to have made any effort to contact vendors to get the problem corrected, either.
Re:cool but also meh (Score:3, Insightful)
My understanding of Bluetooth is that it CAN be used properly just as implemented it isn't.
If you're security cautious you'd use a normal usb or ps/2 keyboard.
Tom
Re:Top secret info (Score:5, Insightful)
Everyone knows that "government employee" == "perfectly competent".