FBI Warns , Public Charging Stations , Could Spread Malware to Devices.
CBS reports that the FBI has warned people
against connecting to public charging stations,
commonly found in airports and malls.
The FBI's Denver office issued
a general alert via Twitter.
Bad actors have figured out ways
to use public USB ports to introduce
malware and monitoring software
onto devices. Carry your own
charger and USB cord and
use an electrical outlet instead, FBI Denver office, General alert, via CBS.
Bad actors have figured out ways
to use public USB ports to introduce
malware and monitoring software
onto devices. Carry your own
charger and USB cord and
use an electrical outlet instead, FBI Denver office, General alert, via CBS.
According to the field office, there was
no specific incident that prompted the FBI
to issue the public service announcement.
According to the field office, there was
no specific incident that prompted the FBI
to issue the public service announcement.
The U.S. government originally coined
the term "juice jacking" back in 2011. .
According to officials at the FCC, malware can be installed
through a corrupted USB port and can be used to lock a
device or export data and passwords directly to criminals.
CBS reports that the stolen information
can then be used to access users' online
accounts or be sold to bad actors.
The scary part of juice jacking
is that you probably won't even be
able to tell that your phone is infected
with malware after plugging it
into a compromised USB port, Matt Swinder, Editor-in-chief and founder of TheShortcut.com, via CBS.
The scary part of juice jacking
is that you probably won't even be
able to tell that your phone is infected
with malware after plugging it
into a compromised USB port, Matt Swinder, Editor-in-chief and founder of TheShortcut.com, via CBS.
In 2022, Honeywell Forge released its USB Threat
report, which warned that threats designed to be
spread via USB rose by 52% in just over four years.
As rare as juice jacking is right
now, the threats of identity theft
have migrated from being purely
physical to being primarily
digital over the last decade, Matt Swinder, Editor-in-chief and founder of TheShortcut.com, via CBS.
As rare as juice jacking is right
now, the threats of identity theft
have migrated from being purely
physical to being primarily
digital over the last decade, Matt Swinder, Editor-in-chief and founder of TheShortcut.com, via CBS