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

[Blanchard_Michael () emc com]

maybe the fed-ex'd it over before the conference?  There's no way I want to believe that suitcase was allowed on a 
flight as carryon or checked baggage.  
 
Michael P. Blanchard 
Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE
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Subject: [funsec] How did they ever get this suitcase on a commercialairliner?


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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