As people begin to use their cell phones for more and more things, it has become a very attractive item for cybercriminals. In Europe it is quite common to use the smartphone for tasks such as sending money through Bizum, checking the connection to email accounts and even carrying out procedures with the public administration through applications such as Citizen Folder .
For this reason, it is extremely important to take certain precautions. to prevent cybercriminals from accessing our phone
With the advent and spread of smart watches, wireless headphones, smart rings and other accessories, many users tend to leave the Bluetooth connection on all day, which police say can be dangerous .
The danger of Bluetooth
Police warn users via their TikTok account of the big danger you can pose by leaving bluetooth on throughout the day if we are not careful. And there is news of a new attempt to see an attack that uses the Bluetooth connection to access our data.
To do this, cybercriminals change the name displayed on your computer or mobile phone. to make it look like an accessory, then request pairing with our device and thus steal our information. With advanced knowledge on analyzing this information, they can extract passwords and other relevant data that can help them steal more information from us.
If you click Accept, you will basically have access to a large amount of raw data stored on our device. This is something that some people do out of inertia when they receive a warning, and it can be quite dangerous, so you have to be very careful in this regard. This technique is called bluesnarfing
To prevent this from happening to us, it is not strictly necessary to always deactivate Bluetooth, it is the best option. However, it will be enough to be attentive and not accept any pairing that we have not initiated ourselves with another device. If we are on the street, in an airport or even at home and a pairing request arrives that we did not initiate, under no circumstances should we accept it.