Details

By showing the Bluetooth status in the menu bar, a small Bluetooth icon is placed in the menu bar. This icon quickly shows the status of Bluetooth, and can allow the user to quickly turn Bluetooth on or off. Enabling “Show Bluetooth status in menu bar” is a security awareness method that helps understand the current state of Bluetooth, including whether it is enabled, Discoverable, what paired devices exist and are currently active.

Solution

In System Preferences: Bluetooth, turn Show Bluetooth Status In Menu Bar on. Alternatively run the following in the command line: defaults write com.apple.systemuiserver menuExtras -array-add “/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/Bluetooth.menu” Impact: Bluetooth is a useful wireless tool that has been widely exploited when configured improperly. The user should have insight into the Bluetooth status.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/299

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