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Old 01-21-2009, 01:54 PM
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Exclamation Security Breach Bluetooth Wm 5.0/wm 6.0
There is a reported and potentially dangerous hole that was found in the Bluetooth stack for WM 5.0 and WM 6.0.. It is not yet been found to be in WM 6.1...

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Apparently the weakness is in the bluetooth FTP service, which allows another authorized and paired bluetooth device to browse specific specified directories on your Windows Mobile phone. This can be very useful for copying files to and from your smartphone from your desktop for example wirelessly.
and the advice given to not have this hole exploited on your phone is:

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Currently there no known patch, and Alberto has not tested Windows Mobile 6.1 to see if its vulnerable yet, but given the similarities of the versions this is quite likely. The only mitigating factor for now is that only authorized and paired devices are allowed to use the Bluetooth FTP service at the moment, and Alberto advises Windows Mobile users not accept pairing prompts from strangers.
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Old 01-21-2009, 01:59 PM
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Re: Security Breach Bluetooth Wm 5.0/wm 6.0
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Alberto advises Windows Mobile users not accept pairing prompts from strangers
That's a big box of Duh!

Alberto also advises not to get into cars with strangers, to meet strangers, to talk to strangers, to invite strangers into your house, to respond to emails from strangers, to take candy from strangers, etc.

Alberto seems to be really smart about strangers.

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Old 01-21-2009, 02:06 PM
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Re: Security Breach Bluetooth Wm 5.0/wm 6.0
lol.. Just posting relevant and important news for 'Geekers Coz...

And yeah... Common sense may be present, but that does not dictate usage of it...
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Old 01-21-2009, 07:10 PM
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Re: Security Breach Bluetooth Wm 5.0/wm 6.0
oh crap, so should I not meet this guy in an abandoned warehouse later tonight who called me from an unknown number???
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Re: Security Breach Bluetooth Wm 5.0/wm 6.0
No dan... Just like STD's... Don't share over un-protected bluetooth!
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Re: Security Breach Bluetooth Wm 5.0/wm 6.0
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No dan... Just like STD's... Don't share over un-protected bluetooth!

The white spots will be the least of your worries!!!
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lol... Funny Elm..
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Re: Security Breach Bluetooth Wm 5.0/wm 6.0
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lol.. Just posting relevant and important news for 'Geekers Coz...

And yeah... Common sense may be present, but that does not dictate usage of it...
i can dig that.. Its needed to be said.., Nowadays,
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Old 01-26-2009, 01:19 AM
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Re: Security Breach Bluetooth Wm 5.0/wm 6.0
So true Romeo...
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