Digital Blues: An Investigation into the Use of Bluetooth Protocols
It provides foundational research for future Bluetooth penetration testing, addressing security concerns for practitioners and academics.
This paper investigated real-world Bluetooth protocol usage and security attacks by collecting data for one week in a coffee shop, identifying 478 distinct devices.
The proliferation of Bluetooth mobile device communications into all aspects of modern society raises security questions by both academicians and practitioners. This environment prompted an investigation into the real-world use of Bluetooth protocols along with an analysis of documented security attacks. The experiment discussed in this paper collected data for one week in a local coffee shop. The data collection took about an hour each day and identified 478 distinct devices. The contribution of this research is two-fold. First, it provides insight into real-world Bluetooth protocols that are being utilized by the general public. Second, it provides foundational research that is necessary for future Bluetooth penetration testing research.