Investigating Bluetooth Vulnerabilities to Defend from Attacks

Authors

Patel Nishitkumar, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Hayden Wimmer, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Carl M. Rebman Jr, University of San DiegoFollow

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

11-19-2021

Publication Title

International Symposium on Multidisciplinary Studies and Innovative Technologies (ISMSIT) Proceedings

DOI

10.1109/ISMSIT52890.2021.9604655

Abstract

Bluetooth devices can be compromised in various ways, which can lead to significant loss of data. In most cases hackers opt for denial service attacks, eavesdropping, resource misappropriation, and message modification. All these bear significant threats in terms of tampering with user data. In the evaluation, this paper used the Kali Linux platform and thirdparty system tools to test four Bluetooth compromise processes (Bluejacking, bluesmacking, bluesnarfing, and social engineering) on three different Bluetooth devices (HMDX Jam speaker, iPhone 6, and Nexus 7. The results revealed that hackers can execute the attacks without much effort and consequently tamper with information within the system. This paper also investigated how users could implement various protocols to secure their devices to limit the possibility of incurring intrusions from hackers.

Comments

Georgia Southern University faculty member, Hayden Wimmer co-authored Investigating Bluetooth Vulnerabilities to Defend from Attacks.

Recommended Citation

Nishitkumar, Patel, Hayden Wimmer, Carl M. Rebman Jr. 2021. "Investigating Bluetooth Vulnerabilities to Defend from Attacks." International Symposium on Multidisciplinary Studies and Innovative Technologies (ISMSIT) Proceedings: IEEE Xplore. doi: 10.1109/ISMSIT52890.2021.9604655
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/information-tech-facpubs/181

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