Theoretically, connecting to a public charging station that’s been compromised could...
. The tweet said that evildoers could tamper with them in a way that would allow the planting of malware on or the siphoning of data from connected phones.updated an existing blog postWhat’s going on here? Has there been a sudden rash of incidents in which smartphones have been harmed by malicious software planted via charging kiosks? Why should we suddenly be very, very afraid?
“The NSA famously had a phone charging station set up at a trade show booth, kinda daring people to use it,” said Dan Wallach, a computer science professor at Rice University who focuses on security issues. “I don't really know if there are live attacks in the field or not.” The risk comes because most cables sold today – whether they’re for iPhones, which use Apple’s proprietary Lightning connector, or a USB-C plug typical of Android smartphones and most of Apple’s newer iPads – can be used both to provide power and transfer data.
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