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LA warns of 'juice-jacking' malware, but admits it has no cases – TechCrunch
Los Angeles’ district attorney is warning travelers to avoid public USB charging points because “they may contain dangerous malware.”
Reading the advisory, you might be forgiven for thinking that every USB outlet you see is just waiting for you to plug in your phone so it can steal your data. This so-called “juice-jacking” attack involves criminals loading malware “on charging stations or cables they leave plugged in at the stations so they may infect the phones and other electronic devices of unsuspecting users,” it reads. “The malware may lock the device or export data and passwords directly to the scammer.”
But the county’s chief prosecutor’s office told TechCrunch that it has “no cases” of juice-jacking on its books, though it said there are known cases on the east coast. When asked where those cases were, the spokesperson did not know. And when asked what prompted the alert to begin with, the spokesperson said it was part of “an ongoing fraud education campaign.”
Which begs the question — why?
[...] Security researcher Kevin Beaumont tweeted that he hasn’t seen “any evidence of malware being used in the wild on these things.” In fact, ask around and you’ll find very little out there. Several security researchers have dropped me messages saying they’ve seen proof-of-concepts, but nothing actively malicious.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by linkdude64 on Monday November 18 2019, @12:38AM (4 children)
Why on earth would public USB charging ports be anything but dumb chargers anyway? Were you hoping to get that data, Mr. Mayor?
(Score: 1, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Monday November 18 2019, @01:03AM (3 children)
Los Angeles and all of the people who choose to associate themselves with that horrible city are diseased. The Jewish mafia and their sherrifs are given free reign to murder.
The only cure for a city like Los Angeles, or San Francisco, is a weapon of mass-destruction. Or kicking out all the illegal residents. So if we tried to clear both LA and San Fran of illegal immigrants, how much would they fight back? Either way, should a battle ensue, I will reach out for jihad to assist the Korean storeowners with unfashionable spectacles and bad '80's haircuts against the globohomo.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 18 2019, @01:23AM (2 children)
Lay off the methanol it's effecting your synapse.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 18 2019, @03:17AM
I didn't realize Eth was a neural networks researcher.
The more you know [nocookie.net]...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 18 2019, @03:17AM
I didn't realize Eth was a neural networks researcher.
The more you know [nocookie.net]...