Bluetooth

[Fact 1]: The passive attack allows a suitably equipped attacker to eavesdrop on communications and spoof, if the attacker was present at the time of initial pairing.

[Fact 2]: The 2010 Bluetooth Innovation World Cup has a focus on applications for the sports & fitness, health care and home information and control markets.

[Fact 3]: The worm can render the mobile device unstable.In April 2005, Cambridge University security researchers published results of their actual implementation of passive attacks against the PIN-based pairing between commercial Bluetooth devices, confirming the attacks to be practicably fast and the Bluetooth symmetric key establishment method to be vulnerable.

[Fact 4]: See the [mechanisms section for more about these changes.In January 2005, a mobile malware worm known as Lasco.A began targeting mobile phones using Symbian OS .

[Fact 5]: Also, this active attack probably requires custom hardware, since most commercially available Bluetooth devices are not capable of the timing necessary.In August 2005, police in Cambridgeshire, England, issued warnings about thieves using Bluetooth enabled phones to track other devices left in cars.

[Fact 6]: The active method makes use of a specially constructed message that must be inserted at a specific point in the protocol, to make the master and slave repeat the pairing process.

[Fact 7]: The initiative will go on for three years, having started 1 June 2009.'''Bluetooth Innovation World Cup 2009'The first international Bluetooth Innovation World Cup 2009 drew more than 250 international entries illustrating the abundance of opportunities for product development with the new Bluetooth low energy wireless technology.The Bluetooth Innovation World Cup 2009 was sponsored by Nokia, Freescale Semiconductor, Texas Instruments, Nordic Semiconductor, STMicroelectronics and Brunel.'Bluetooth Innovator of the Year 2009'On February 8, 2010, the Bluetooth SIG has awarded Edward Sazonov, Physical Activity Innovations LLC, the title of Bluetooth Innovator of the Year for 2009.

[Fact 8]: Intended for use in both training and daily activities like walking or performing chores, this simple, measuring device may offer a solution for reducing obesity.'Bluetooth Innovation World Cup 2010'The Bluetooth Special Interest Group on 1 June 2010.

[Fact 9]: Bluetooth v2.1 - finalized in 2007 with consumer devices first appearing in 2009 - makes significant changes to Bluetooth's security, including pairing.