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bluesnarfing

bluesnarfing noun: unauthorized access to the information on a wireless device through a Bluetooth connection, often between phones, desktops, laptops, or PDAs.

Noun

bluesnarfing (uncountable)

  1. Unauthorized access to the information on a wireless device through a Bluetooth connection, often between phones, desktops, laptops, or PDAs.
    • Bluejacking and bluesnarfing are the two forms of new intrusion. Bluejacking is a technique of sending anonymous messages to Bluetooth enabled device and bluesnarfing allows attackers to hack in and download data stored in mobile phones such as contact details and diary entries without leaving any...2005, Teck Sung Yap and Hong Tat Ewe, A Mobile Phone Malicious Software Detection Model with Behavior Checker, in Web and Communication Technologies and Internet-Related Social Issues — HSI 2005: 3rd...
    • Stealing calendar and contact information via bluesnarfing requires both Bluetooth devices be on and available. The quickest and easiest way to avoid bluesnarfing (which requires about two to three minutes of continuous connection time) is to disable Bluetooth when not specifically in use.2006 December 2, Eric Cole, Sandra Ring, Insider Threat: Protecting the Enterprise from Sabotage, Spying, and Theft →ISBN (10) (13)), chapter 12: “Wireless Security Project Plan”, page 462

Examples of bluesnarfing in a sentence

  • Bluejacking and bluesnarfing are the two forms of new intrusion.2005, Teck Sung Yap and Hong Tat Ewe, A Mobile Phone Malicious Software Detection Model with Behavior Checker, in Web and Communication...
  • Bluesnarfing occurs when an individual in relatively close proximity to the victim uses a Bluetooth-enabled device to remove data from a victim with another Bluetooth-enabled device.2007, James M. Byrne, Donald J. Rebovich (editors), The New Technology of Crime, Law and Social Control →ISBN (10) (13)), pages 29–30

Origin of bluesnarfing

Blue(tooth) + snarfing.

Questions about bluesnarfing

What does bluesnarfing mean?
Bluesnarfing means unauthorized access to the information on a wireless device through a Bluetooth connection, often between phones, desktops, laptops, or PDAs.
How do you use bluesnarfing in a sentence?
Bluejacking and bluesnarfing are the two forms of new intrusion.
What part of speech is bluesnarfing?
Bluesnarfing is a noun.

Words near bluesnarfing in the dictionary

  1. Bluesky
  2. Blueskys
  3. blueslike
  4. bluesman
  5. bluesmen
  6. bluesnarfing
  7. bluesologist
  8. bluesologists
  9. bluespace
  10. bluespaces
  11. bluespotted

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