Details

Bluetooth is particularly susceptible to a diverse set of security vulnerabilities involving identity detection, location tracking, denial of service, unintended control and access of data and voice channels, and unauthorized device control and data access.

Solution

Perform the following to implement the prescribed state:
1. In Terminal, run the following commands:
sudo /usr/bin/defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth ControllerPowerState -int 0
sudo killall -HUP blued

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/301

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Configuration Management.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.

References

• 800-53|CM-7b.

Source

• Tenable.com/audits