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Home Front: WoT
New Toys for trouble.
2005-03-14
How To: Building a BlueSniper Rifle — Part 1
Watching the news these past few weeks, you would think that hackers have taken over our cellphones. Photo of BlueSniper RifleFrom the Paris Hilton phone hack (which was not Bluetooth-based), to the unintentional release of Fred Durst's (from the band Limp Bizkit) sex video - Wireless security has been thrust into the limelight. The proliferation of Bluetooth devices has made wireless communications easy and the Bluetooth group wants you to believe that this technology is safe from hackers. However, the guys from Flexilis, a wireless think-tank based in Los Angeles, beg to differ and they have a big freakin gun to "voice" their opinions. The gun, which is called the BlueSniper rifle, can scan and attack Bluetooth devices from more than a mile away. The first version of the gun showed up at Defcon 2004, a hacker/computer security convention held annually in Las Vegas. You can read about it in Tom's Hardware show coverage report.
That's because you're not allowed to have anything that's convenient unless the Hacker Boyz say so, and they won't.
Oh, please sit on roof tops with this BlueSniper rifle. It won't draw any attention at all. snicker
Posted by:3dc

#34  Unsecured WiFi is so commonplace that its cesed to be something to look for in urban and suburban areas. If you need it, you can find it.

As for who does what, figure out which agency knows the most about signals propagation...

See which agency is tasked with COMSEC.

Look up which agency is known for its Computer Science (and yes this dates back to partnerships wth Bletchley), for instance who had the Cray invented for them...

which agency knows how to secure things crypto style...

And even now, which agencey is responsible for the most secure free oprating system around (SE-Linux) to keep US business secrets in the hands of US Businesses only...

Funny how those lead you to the same place...

And I wonder if anyone there bitched about Bluetooth?

Hint - Bluetooth was done mainly in Euro, and certain "unofficial" US sources from a particular agency complained about the lack of security in the design of Bluetooth, only to be told they were paranoid...


'nuf said.
Posted by: OldSpook   2005-03-14 2:09:10 PM  

#33  Higher number. And thats all Im saying. Anything more would get me into trouble.
Posted by: OldSpook   2005-03-14 5:15:18 AM  

#32  Especially when some of those white hats become "grey" because they don a black hat "for Net and Nation" [used to be King and Country].

You guys really dont know even 1/10th of it or even what area its in ;-).
Posted by: OldSpook   2005-03-14 4:18:19 AM  

#31  Oh - and use the term properly: a "hacker" is not some evil rodent type bent on stealing. Thats a Mainstream Media misconception and continued misrepresentation.
Posted by: OldSpook   2005-03-14 1:14:51 AM  

#30  The "hacker" boys are doing everyone a great favor - they are doing what they always have done: show weaknesses in the system.

Its up to you if you want to trade your privacy for convenience.

Dont blame the hackers - blame the idiots in corporate management that scrimped on security and pushed the standard through without it - despite warnings from many security professionals about it.
Posted by: OldSpook   2005-03-14 1:13:52 AM  

#29  Unsecured WiFi is so commonplace that its cesed to be something to look for in urban and suburban areas. If you need it, you can find it.

As for who does what, figure out which agency knows the most about signals propagation...

See which agency is tasked with COMSEC.

Look up which agency is known for its Computer Science (and yes this dates back to partnerships wth Bletchley), for instance who had the Cray invented for them...

which agency knows how to secure things crypto style...

And even now, which agencey is responsible for the most secure free oprating system around (SE-Linux) to keep US business secrets in the hands of US Businesses only...

Funny how those lead you to the same place...

And I wonder if anyone there bitched about Bluetooth?

Hint - Bluetooth was done mainly in Euro, and certain "unofficial" US sources from a particular agency complained about the lack of security in the design of Bluetooth, only to be told they were paranoid...


'nuf said.
Posted by: OldSpook   2005-03-14 2:09:10 PM  

#28  Higher number. And thats all Im saying. Anything more would get me into trouble.
Posted by: OldSpook   2005-03-14 5:15:18 AM  

#27  Especially when some of those white hats become "grey" because they don a black hat "for Net and Nation" [used to be King and Country].

You guys really dont know even 1/10th of it or even what area its in ;-).
Posted by: OldSpook   2005-03-14 4:18:19 AM  

#26  Oh - and use the term properly: a "hacker" is not some evil rodent type bent on stealing. Thats a Mainstream Media misconception and continued misrepresentation.
Posted by: OldSpook   2005-03-14 1:14:51 AM  

#25  The "hacker" boys are doing everyone a great favor - they are doing what they always have done: show weaknesses in the system.

Its up to you if you want to trade your privacy for convenience.

Dont blame the hackers - blame the idiots in corporate management that scrimped on security and pushed the standard through without it - despite warnings from many security professionals about it.
Posted by: OldSpook   2005-03-14 1:13:52 AM  

#24  I think I smell a Darwin award winner somewhere in this technology's future - courtesy of some local SWAT team.
Posted by: Lone Ranger   2005-03-14 9:48:35 PM  

#23  Actually, because of the antenna's power lobes (spiky, front and back), being real close to it (like say, looking through the scope) while the xmitter is on is definitely contraindicated....
Posted by: mojo   2005-03-14 3:09:52 PM  

#22  Yeah, OS, but we unsophisticated Merkins aren't as advanced as all those Euros who IM and Bluetooth everything. I read it in the International Herald Tribune - must be true.
Posted by: too true   2005-03-14 2:24:55 PM  

#21  OS - I'm afraid to comment on your entries because, if I reveal that I comprehend what you're saying, I may be visited by some black helicopters 'round about midnight!
Posted by: Dar   2005-03-14 2:24:02 PM  

#20  Unsecured WiFi is so commonplace that its cesed to be something to look for in urban and suburban areas. If you need it, you can find it.

As for who does what, figure out which agency knows the most about signals propagation...

See which agency is tasked with COMSEC.

Look up which agency is known for its Computer Science (and yes this dates back to partnerships wth Bletchley), for instance who had the Cray invented for them...

which agency knows how to secure things crypto style...

And even now, which agencey is responsible for the most secure free oprating system around (SE-Linux) to keep US business secrets in the hands of US Businesses only...

Funny how those lead you to the same place...

And I wonder if anyone there bitched about Bluetooth?

Hint - Bluetooth was done mainly in Euro, and certain "unofficial" US sources from a particular agency complained about the lack of security in the design of Bluetooth, only to be told they were paranoid...


'nuf said.
Posted by: OldSpook   2005-03-14 2:09:10 PM  

#19  If it wasn't for my neighbors unsecured wireless I wouldn't have an internet connection at all!
Posted by: Gir   2005-03-14 12:59:26 PM  

#18  
graffitti antenna and Wifi Wallpaper
Posted by: 3dc   2005-03-14 12:42:21 PM  

#17  Old Spook, I did a direct quote from the article. Sorry if the article's use of hacker troubled you.
BTW... its the first BlueTooth stuff that looks interesting.
This is a good starting place for the WiFi Stuff

A buddy doing research for some of his security software put a slotted waveguide antenna and laptop in his car then drove the short distance from South Barrington IL to Schaumburg IL. He got over 1000 unsecured WIFI LAN hits.
Posted by: 3dc   2005-03-14 12:28:26 PM  

#16  Hey, us crackers resent that. As I said to my wife the other day "Mom..."

OS, pay no attention to the extra charge on the Mastercard this month. Pr0n is getting more expensive than ever.
Posted by: Chuck Simmins   2005-03-14 11:43:35 AM  

#15  Heck, I don't even use a computer. All my interaction with Rantburg is done telepathically.
Posted by: Pappy   2005-03-14 11:08:06 AM  

#14  I buy nothing online,if I see something online I want I call the company.
Posted by: raptor   2005-03-14 10:32:06 AM  

#13  Gay, Islamofascist, Crackers.
Posted by: Sock Puppet O’ Doom   2005-03-14 9:30:56 AM  

#12  Unfortunately the MSM has pretty much killed the true meaning of 'hacker' ever since they started reporting about the 'evil internet'.

At this point I dont think that's a battle we can win. I think we can do more good putting our energy to informing people the true nature of the enemy (and Islam).
Posted by: CrazyFool   2005-03-14 9:23:31 AM  

#11  Yea but Crackers are still the gay.
Posted by: Sock Puppet O’ Doom   2005-03-14 9:00:12 AM  

#10  I don't know diddly about your substantive point, OS, but a kind of Gresham's Law applies to words. "Hacker" has misappropriated by thieves and vandals, so outside of MIT, that's what the word means any more. It's like "liberal" or "gay;" the bad usage drives out the good.
Posted by: Jackal   2005-03-14 8:56:25 AM  

#9  He can say no more...

Spooks!
Posted by: Sobiesky   2005-03-14 7:41:17 AM  

#8  I would be worried if the Government weren't hiring Hackers to snoop. If I wanted to keep anything private I wouldn't put it on a computer thats for damn sure.

There is no gray there OldSpook. It a job and someone qualified has to do it. Are friends and enemies sure as hell are doing it.

Remember the first computer was used to crack codes. Yea the real first computer the one invented by England. Hacking and espionage have been keeping company for a long, long time.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2005-03-14 5:41:17 AM  

#7  Higher number. And thats all Im saying. Anything more would get me into trouble.
Posted by: OldSpook   2005-03-14 5:15:18 AM  

#6  Area 51?
Posted by: Sobiesky   2005-03-14 4:46:45 AM  

#5  Especially when some of those white hats become "grey" because they don a black hat "for Net and Nation" [used to be King and Country].

You guys really dont know even 1/10th of it or even what area its in ;-).
Posted by: OldSpook   2005-03-14 4:18:19 AM  

#4  If you want it private you better encript it. There is a reason I use CAT5 and not "wireless" The security sucks. But all those companies selling wireless gear don't tell you that. They want you to plug and paly and forget.

It's stupid. I'll shop for stuff without Bluetooth for damn sure. It's a selling point. Crackers just love to snoop and own you.

Hackers wrote the operating system you are using and the aoolication you are running. Don't confuse hackers(white hats) and crakcers (black hats.)
Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom   2005-03-14 2:12:36 AM  

#3  Give him willies, OldSpook! ;-)

3dc, hackers are the white hats. I am kinda hacker too. Boo.

Crackers, phreakers and phishers are the black hats.

Hope you stand corrected now and would err no more!
Posted by: Sobiesky   2005-03-14 1:53:31 AM  

#2  Oh - and use the term properly: a "hacker" is not some evil rodent type bent on stealing. Thats a Mainstream Media misconception and continued misrepresentation.
Posted by: OldSpook   2005-03-14 1:14:51 AM  

#1  The "hacker" boys are doing everyone a great favor - they are doing what they always have done: show weaknesses in the system.

Its up to you if you want to trade your privacy for convenience.

Dont blame the hackers - blame the idiots in corporate management that scrimped on security and pushed the standard through without it - despite warnings from many security professionals about it.
Posted by: OldSpook   2005-03-14 1:13:52 AM  

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