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