Update: Whether AirDrop is vulnerable to this exploit is unclear, but the odds are against it. See the update at the end. Two newly-discovered Bluetooth security flaws allow attackers to hijack the ...

Nokia has admitted that some of its Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones are vulnerable to "bluesnarfing", which is where an attacker could read, modify and copy a phone's address book and calendar without ...

Much of the Bluetooth wireless security model is optional but network executives should start setting policies for handling the short-range radio technology, according to new Gartner Inc. research. A ...

Michael Ciarochi used to see Bluetooth as just a convenient way to hook up a keyboard to a laptop or PDA at HomeBanc Mortgage, where he’s senior WAN/security engineer. That was until he got a shipment ...

After two Israeli researchers published a paper earlier this month explaining how security mechanisms in short-range wireless Bluetooth technology could be quickly undermined, members of the Bluetooth ...

Apple users could be affected by newly discovered Bluetooth flaws, allowing attackers to impersonate devices — even those with the newest version of Bluetooth. A team at Eurecom, a research ...

Bluetooth is a short-range wireless technology that connects various devices and allows restricted types of ad hoc networks to be fashioned. The main difference between Bluetooth and other wireless ...

Editor’s note: Updated 12/1/23 with a statement from Bluetooth SIG. The academic research institution Eurecom has discovered security holes in the Bluetooth wireless standard that could allow a threat ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. There’s something particularly insidious about a security ...

Potential security risks posed by the Bluetooth wireless technology are prompting some IT managers to rein in use of Bluetooth-equipped mobile phones and PCs on their networks. Bluetooth vendors are ...

The risk associated with Bluetooth has been on display at this year’s Def Con hacker convention, but it’s not the kind of security threat you should lose sleep over. However, that’s not to say that ...