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Kali Linux Wireless Penetration Testing Cookbook

You're reading from   Kali Linux Wireless Penetration Testing Cookbook Identify and assess vulnerabilities present in your wireless network, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth enabled devices to improve your wireless security

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2017
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ISBN-13 9781783554089
Length 216 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Sean-Philip Oriyano Sean-Philip Oriyano
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Bluejacking

Bluejacking is another type of attack that can be carried out via Bluetooth to susceptible devices in range. However, it is important to discuss how it is works before making bluejacking happen. In a nutshell, bluejacking is an attack where unsolicited messages are transmitted over Bluetooth to Bluetooth-enabled devices such as mobile phones, PDAs, Laptops, and so on, sending a contact which typically contains a message in the name field to another Bluetooth enabled device via the OBEX protocol. Remember that the bluejacker does not take control of your phone via the bluejacking technique; the attacker simply sends messages via Bluetooth. Think of this type of attack as spamming using the Bluetooth protocol.

I am showing this attack here in the interest of being complete in showing the vulnerability present in Bluetooth enabled devices. This type of attack does not...
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