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  • Don't use public USB charging ports

    11/15/2019 4:48:04 PM PST · by BenLurkin · 50 replies
    tech radar ^ | 11/15/2019 | Anthony Spadafora
    Los Angeles District Attorney has warned travelers to avoid charging their smartphones and other devices using public USB power charging stations as they may contain dangerous malware. USB was designed to transfer both power and data and security researchers as well as cybercriminals have learned how to use USB connections to deliver malicious payloads to users who thought they were merely charging their devices. Over the past few years, several proofs of concepts were created with the most notorious being Mactans, which was unveiled at the Black Hat security conference back in 2013. While the device may look like an...