Bluejacking

[2] He also invented the name, which he claims is an amalgam of Bluetooth and ajack, his username on Esato, a Sony Ericsson fan online forum.

Another user on the forum claims earlier discovery,[5] reporting a near-identical story to that attributed to Ajack, except they describe bluejacking 44 Nokia 7650 phones instead of one, and the location is a garage, seemingly in Denmark, rather than a Malaysian Bank.

The actual message itself doesn't deploy any malware to the software; rather, it is crafted to elicit a response from the user or add a new contact and can be seen as more of a prank than an attack.

Users typically possess the ability to reject such messages, and this tactic is frequently employed in confined environments such as planes, trains, and buses.

[6] However, some forms of DoS Disruptions are still possible, even in modern devices, by sending unsolicited pairing requests in rapid succession; this becomes disruptive because most systems display a full screen notification for every connection request, interrupting every other activity, especially on less powerful devices.