Bluetooth Phone Hacking Tools Spreading

February 2004

An MP has called for mobile phone manufacturers to make a greater effort and fix the Bluetooth security problems in their handsets after a researcher revealed that software tools enabling a 'bluesnarf' attack are widely available on the internet.

Bluesnarfing is a method of hacking into a Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone and copying its entire contact book, calendar or anything else stored in the phone's memory. Nokia and Sony Ericsson have admitted some of their handsets are vulnerable and although Sony Ericsson has made an effort to fix the problem, Nokia said the problem is not serious enough to warrant repairing.

Tom Watson, Labour MP for West Bromwich East and a Bluetooth-phone user, told ZDNet UK he is concerned about the privacy of consumers and hopes that mobile phone manufacturers will do more to help fix the problem. "Once again consumers have to bear the brunt of technological failure," he said. "This offers profound threats to people's privacy. The least the sector can do is put matters right," he said.

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