RE: How did they ever get this suitcase on a commercialairliner?

[Alex Eckelberry <AlexE () sunbelt-software com>]

It's not clear that they actually went through the screeners.  
 
Pretty darned interesting though.

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Subject: [funsec] How did they ever get this suitcase on a
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http://news.com.com/2300-7349_3-6102103.html
 
 Researchers with
suitcase<http://i.n.com.com/i/ne/p/2006/Bluebag1_449x600.jpg>  open
case<http://i.n.com.com/i/ne/p/2006/Bluebag2_449x600.jpg> 
 
 

Drive-by hacks from a suitcase

August 3, 2006 5:27 PM PDT 

Luca Carettoni (left) and Claudio Merloni are security consultants at
Milan, Italy-based Secure Network. The two created the BlueBag to raise
awareness about the potential of attacks against Bluetooth-enabled
devices, they said in an interview at the Black Hat security event in
Las Vegas. 

The BlueBag is a roll-aboard suitcase filled with hardware. That gear is
loaded with software to scan for Bluetooth devices and launch attacks
against those, the two men said. 

"We started evaluating how Bluetooth technology was spread in a
metropolitan area," Carettoni said. "We went around airports, offices
and shopping malls and realized that a covered bag can be used quite
effectively for malicious purposes."

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