Bluetooth security flaw found

Apparently a certificate flaw has been key out in Bluetooth , one that seems to specially feign some Nokia phones :

Nokia has confirm that some of its Bluetooth - enabled electric cell phones are vulnerable to “ bluesnarfing , ” in which an attacker work a defect to read , modify and copy a headphone ’s computer address book and calendar without leaving any trace of the encroachment . Networking and security department company AL Digital said on Monday that it had get a line a security defect in Bluetooth , a wireless information standard , that could countenance such an attack . The defect affects a number of Sony Ericsson , Ericsson and Nokia handsets , but some models — including a handful of Nokia phones — are at greater risk because they tempt attack even when in “ unseeable manner , ” according to AL Digital .

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