{"id":10339,"date":"2023-05-01T05:08:04","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T23:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=10339"},"modified":"2025-03-29T19:40:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T14:10:19","slug":"what-is-bluebugging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-bluebugging\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Bluebugging?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Bluebugging:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What is it?<\/strong> It is a <strong>form of hacking<\/strong> that lets attackers <strong>access a device through its discoverable Bluetooth connection.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Once a device or phone is bluebugged, <strong>a hacker can listen to the calls, read and send messages and steal and modify contacts<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It started out as a threat for laptops with Bluetooth capability. Later hackers used the technique to target mobile phones and other devices.<\/li>\n<li><strong>This attack is often limited due to the range of Bluetooth connections<\/strong>, which goes up to only 10 meters.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Process<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>Bluebugging attacks work <strong>by exploiting Bluetooth-enabled devices<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The device\u2019s <strong>Bluetooth must be in discoverable mode,<\/strong> which is the default setting on most devices.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>hacker then tries to pair with the device via Bluetooth<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Once a connection is established, <strong>hackers can use brute force attacks to bypass authentication.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>They can <strong>install malware in the compromised device<\/strong> to gain unauthorised access to it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What is a Malware?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Malware, or malicious software, is any <strong>program or file that is intentionally harmful to a computer, network or server.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Types of malware include <strong>computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses, ransomware<\/strong> and spyware.<\/li>\n<li>These malicious programs <strong>steal, encrypt and delete sensitive data<\/strong>; <strong>alter or hijack core computing functions<\/strong> and monitor end users&#8217; computer activity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1)\u00a0What is ransomware?<\/h3>\n<p>Ransomware is malware that employs encryption to hold a victim\u2019s information at ransom. A user or organization\u2019s critical data is encrypted so that they cannot access files, databases, or applications. A ransom is then demanded to provide access. Ransomware is often designed to spread across a network and target database and file servers, and can thus quickly paralyze an entire organization.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/andhra-pradesh\/andhra-pradesh-beware-of-bluebugging-smartphone-users-cautioned\/article66796736.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Beware of \u2018bluebugging\u2019, Andhra Pradesh police cautions smartphone users<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bluebugging hacking lets attackers access a device through its discoverable Bluetooth connection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10340,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10339","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}