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“The proliferation of Bluetooth devices has made wireless communications easy and the Bluetooth group wants you to believe that this technology is safe from hackers,” says tom’s networking.
“However, the guys from Flexilis, a wireless think-tank based in Los Angeles, beg to differ and they have a big freakin gun to ‘voice’ their opinions.”
Under discussion is the BlueSniper rifle able to sight from tall buildings in a single scan and attack Bluetooth devices from more than a mile away.
Copyright tom’s networking
The first version showed up at Defcon 2004, says tom’s, going on:
“While the early version was held together with tie-straps and rubber bands, this newest version has a much more professional look. The team at Flexilis learned a lot from making their previous gun, and have made many improvements. The gun is now bigger, stronger and more durable and the antenna is almost twice a powerful as the older model. It also has a small computer which eliminates the need for lugging around a heavy laptop just to gather data.”
What does it take to become a BlueSniper gun-smith?
Tom’s networking quotes John Hering, from Flexilis as saying, “The parts are easily available for a few hundred dollars and you can make this gun in a long afternoon.”
And to prove it, tom’s is running a two-part article in which they’ll show you how to build your very own Bluetooth sniper rifle.
A complete parts list is provided and each step of the manufacturing process is documented, says the site, adding:
“We’ll also report on our test ‘shoot’ of some famous high-rise buildings in downtown L.A., namely the US Bank / Library Tower and the AON Tower.”
Definitely stay tuned, and in the meanwhile, see what catflap has to say about it here.
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See:-
Paris Hilton - Paris Hilton’s Sidekick hacked, p2pnet, February 21, 2005
online appearance - Durst wants $80M for porn video, p2pnet, March 7, 2005
tom’s networking - How To: Building a BlueSniper Rifle – Part 1, March 15, 2005
March 15th, 2005 at 8:58 pm
what exactly does this thing do??
what will one accomplish by using it?
what does it do to bluetooth devices?
March 16th, 2005 at 2:09 am
I can see an immeidate use.
Some Bluetooth phones & PDA’s have easy round-trips of the user-to-user PIN code, set up when devices initially pair.
Aimed at the right phone, you’d be able to pull a phone book over very quickly, then start on any other media files etc etc etc.
You could sync your files with stranger’s in yards.
The US has a pretty low pickup of Bluetooth, and mobile technologies. European markets that use cellular tecnologies for micropayments, that appear on paper bills or auto-deduct from pre-paid sims are obviously more at risk of having any vunerabilities exploited.
But what if you’ve got a desktop or laptop with a bluetooth component? How easy would it be to exploit a Window’s laptop? I nmy experience is hard enough getting Window’s to function comfortably with a Bluetooth expansionmy mobile, let alone someone a few feet (or more away) with a gun - but who knows?