The FBI has released an announcement about a USB socket scam targeting smartphones – here’s what to look out for.
Smartphones are devices that we always have with us and for this reason their battery tends to run out. Being around we could rely on passing USB ports but this may not be a good idea.
When we find ourselves in places where we don’t have direct access to outlets, such as airports, we flee to the USB sockets passing. These, however, have led hackers to focus on a certain scam which immediately causes the user who has put his smartphone to recharge there to lose data.
This situation triggered the alert from the FBI of the Denver office. The alarm was raised on your official Twitter account and revealed a situation that you need to pay attention to if you don’t want to lose everything.
The USB socket scam goes wild: the FBI reveals how hackers steal all the data from your smartphone
The digital age has allowed hackers to generate fraud at virtually any time. Among the most recent, the USB socket scam stands out, which led the FBI in Denver to provide more details on this illegal affair.
In the tweet that appeared on the official account, the security agency explained how relying on passing USBs is dangerous for users. The technique they use is called “Juice Jacking” the first word also translates as electric current while jacking refers to the jack we plug into our device.
Going into details, not everyone knows what the USB socket has inside two pin, of the four present, which are used for data transfer and it is precisely on these two pins that hackers rely to start their scam. When connecting the device the cyber criminal or access ours data, proceeding to empty the account as happens in another well-known scam, or it can install malware that ruins your device.
Most people certainly don’t use USB ports often and, therefore, the threat is not very current. However, as summer approaches with the possibility of traveling we try to be careful where we recharge our device. The best solution is to rely on your own powerbank so as to avoid any problems whatsoever.
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