It’s become second nature for us to keep necessary devices topped up prior to leaving for a commute or other journey. Mistakes are easily made, though, and when desperate for juice, it’s just logical to hope for a nearby public charging station. As the FBI reported in April 2023, though, personal chargers from home are a far safer option.
FBI Denver stated on Twitter, “Avoid using free charging stations in airports, hotels or shopping centers. Bad actors have figured out ways to use public USB ports to introduce malware and monitoring software onto devices … use an electrical outlet instead.”
With regular outlets, Check Point lead security engineer Muhammad Yahya Patel told Sky News (via Yahoo), it would be “extremely unlikely and difficult” to compromise devices in such a way. In contrast, unfortunately, USB charging points are particularly vulnerable to such attacks. According to Patel, malicious ways of exploiting strangers’ devices using such devices aren’t often detected.
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