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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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Vulnerabilities in Bluetooth

The Bluetooth technology has shown itself both to be very convenient and powerful, but at the same time it has also shown that it has its own type of vulnerabilities that just aren't seen in other technologies, or at least not in the same form. Because of the way Bluetooth operates and is designed there is the definite possibility of new sorts of attacks, and some such have emerged within this environment.

Recently, a family of attacks known as BlueBorne has shown up in the marketplace. These are designed to target Bluetooth enabled capable devices. These attacks have proven to be quite disturbing and concerning as they rely on what amounts to a new communication mechanism rather than the old one. If we look at traditional attacks, these are spread over networking technologies to include the internet, hardwired networks and even Wi-Fi. However...
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