nokia: bluetooth flaw gnaws at phone security
Nokia has confirmed that some of its Bluetooth-enabled cell phones are vulnerable to “bluesnarfing,” in which an attacker exploits a flaw to read, modify and copy a phone’s address book and calendar without leaving any trace of the intrusion.
Networking and security company AL Digital said on Monday that it had discovered a security flaw in Bluetooth, a wireless data standard, that could allow such an attack. The flaw affects a number of Sony Ericsson, Ericsson and Nokia handsets, but some models–including a handful of Nokia phones–are at greater risk because they invite attack even when in “invisible mode,” according to AL Digital.
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