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A simple way to improve the security of Bluetooth devices

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Dell, Peter
Ghori, Khwaja Shan-ul-Hasan
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2008
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Dell, Peter and Ghori, Khwaja Shan-ul-Hasan. 2008. : A simple way to improve the security of Bluetooth devices, in Kellenberger, Patrick (ed), Applications and the Internet, 2008. SAINT 2008. International Symposium on, 28 Jul 2008, pp. 444-447. Turku, Finland: IEEE Computer society Conference Publishing Services (CPS).
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Applications and the Internet, 2008. SAINT 2008. International Symposium on
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Applications and the Internet, 2008. SAINT 2008. International Symposium on
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Curtin Business School
School of Information Systems
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Bluetooth is a de facto standard feature in mobile devices such as smart phones, PDAs and similar devices. While this provides great convenience to the user, there are a number of security issues for which exploits are widely available. This fact, combined with the growing sophistication of devices, creates the potential for serious loss in the event of a security breach. This paper investigates the use of Bluetooth profiles by the public and finds that some potentially high-risk profiles are not widely used. A subsequent investigation of a number of devices determined that no way of configuring individual profiles was available. The paper concludes with a recommendation that devices allow users to configure individual Bluetooth profiles.