312-50V11 · Question #742
Which of the following is not a Bluetooth attack?
The correct answer is B. Bluedriving. Bluedriving is not a recognized Bluetooth attack - the established Bluetooth attack taxonomy includes Bluejacking, Bluesnarfing, and Bluesmacking.
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Which of the following is not a Bluetooth attack?
Options
- ABluesnarfing
- BBluedriving
- CBluesmacking
- DBluejacking
How the community answered
(26 responses)- B96% (25)
- C4% (1)
Why each option
Bluedriving is not a recognized Bluetooth attack - the established Bluetooth attack taxonomy includes Bluejacking, Bluesnarfing, and Bluesmacking.
Bluesnarfing is a real Bluetooth attack that exploits OBEX push vulnerabilities to silently exfiltrate contacts, calendar data, and messages from a target device without authorization.
Bluedriving is not a defined Bluetooth attack technique in security literature or certification curricula. The term does not correspond to any known Bluetooth exploit or vulnerability class, making it the odd one out among the choices.
Bluesmacking is a real Bluetooth denial-of-service attack that sends an oversized L2CAP echo request packet to crash or freeze the target Bluetooth device.
Bluejacking is a real Bluetooth attack that sends unsolicited messages or vCard objects to nearby Bluetooth-enabled devices using the OBEX protocol.
Concept tested: Identifying legitimate Bluetooth attack types
Source: https://www.bluetooth.com/learn-about-bluetooth/key-attributes/bluetooth-security/bluetooth-security-best-practices/
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