Bluesnarfing fix for Nokia phones - maybe
About six months ago both Nokia and Sony Ericssson admitted that some of their Bluetooth-enabled phones were vulnerable to Bluesnarfing. Grossly overhyped, the basic deal with Bluesnarfing is that it allows a cracker to swiped data like stored text messages and address book information off of a phone, and possibly even hijack it to send text messages without leaving any tracks. Sony Ericsson offered to update any affected handsets, but Nokia didn't think it was a serious enough vulnerability – until now. Apparently customers felt that leaving their proverbial cellular asses hanging in the wind wasn't too cool, and pressured the big N into providing an update. Nokia now says an update is available for five of its phones, and will be available for other sometime this summer. The catch? Nokia won't say where you can get the downloads, nor how/if you'll be able to apply them yourself. Sigh.