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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: 1, Offtopic) by aristarchus on Monday November 18 2019, @04:24PM (1 child)
You may be entitled to your opinion, but your opinion is incorrect.
No one would say, "It begs THE money." "Begs money", alright, means "begging for money", but I must beg your pardon and insist that anyone who would "beg the money" would either be illiterate, or relying heavily on context, or challenging the legitimacy of fiat currency.
You may also be correct that logicians may be reduced to having to say silly things, like, "Don't make an ASS out of U and ME", or "your reasoning is circular", but that in no way vitiates the misuse of the phrase "begs THE question", or preferably, petitio principii.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 19 2019, @09:00PM
There's also the minor detail that absolutely NOBODY uses it that way. Indeed, if they did, NOBODY would understand the meaning. Personally, I prefer to be understood. So get over your pedantium ad dysfunctium and join the human race.