Juice Jacking

[Lurch 5941]

This is why we can’t have nice things…

 

https://www.axios.com/2023/04/10/fbi-warning-charging-stations-juice-jacking

[jeevsie 3740]

Don Swayze is doing this??

[next2naus 439]

Anyone using a "public" or free USB port gets what they deserve. Carry a battery or your own cables you fucking savages

Edited April 11, 2023 by next2naus

[GoPokes83 2240]

Is criminal an offensive word today? Is that why they keep using the term bad actors? Cause I really don’t see Lindsay Lohan as being up to these shenanigans.

[Pig Bellmont 8763]

Is this news? My company has had these warnings in cybersecurity training for the last 5 years 

[Bevo 13637]

There's no storage in a USB cable - only what it is hooked up to - I guess the USB cables these criminals are using are specially made with memory. I assume the cable USB plug would be a little larger than normal.

[Brothahorn 10088]

Anyone using a "public" or free USB port gets what they deserve. Carry a battery or your own cables you fucking savages

Or just buy a case with the battery pack built in. They will last all day.

[Parliament 14377]

Zero Lemon.  Don't make this a thing.

[BabaYaga 15382]

Shit, I thought this thread was about @South Austin's mom side hustle?  My bad....

[SquishMitten 10463]

35 minutes ago, Bevo said:

There's no storage in a USB cable - only what it is hooked up to - I guess the USB cables these criminals are using are specially made with memory. I assume the cable USB plug would be a little larger than normal.

It's the USB ports that are sending and receiving malware/data, not the cables.

[Brisketexan 105587]

I am just very, very glad this post is not in a, umm, different forum.

[Bevo 13637]

3 minutes ago, SquishMitten said:

It's the USB ports that are sending and receiving malware/data, not the cables.

Gotcha - I guess criminals go to the airport and open up the USB port boxes. Obviously, airports should just provide electrical boxes and have people use their own voltage regulators.

Edited April 11, 2023 by Bevo

[Captain Ron 12963]

They sell USB data blockers. They cut the M+/M- lines from the USB ports and then re-level them so they work with Android and iPhones.

 

 

[MonkeyDoughnut 10457]

1 hour ago, next2naus said:

Anyone using a "public" or free USB port gets what they deserve. Carry a battery or your own cables you fucking savages

But what if my phone is running really low and I need to connect to the "Free public I'm really safe trust me airport wifi" ?

[Born to Run 6583]

No wheezing the juice Mr Stoney!

[1978horn 896]

2 hours ago, Pig Bellmont said:

Is this news? My company has had these warnings in cybersecurity training for the last 5 years 

Yeah, this has been a known issue for years.  No idea why it is popping up again.

[atomheartbevo 90059]

2 hours ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

But what if my phone is running really low and I need to connect to the "Free public I'm really safe trust me airport wifi" ?

[Deej 77186]

I was expecting a thread on HGH-laced smoothies.

Anyone know where to get those?

[Prepuce of Doom 21118]

40 minutes ago, Deej said:

I was expecting a thread on HGH-laced smoothies.

Anyone know where to get those?

That's less awful that what I assumed was happening here. 

[Deej 77186]

4 minutes ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

That's less awful that what I assumed was happening here. 

Juice Newton stroking you off?

[elfenix 34387]

There's no storage in a USB cable - only what it is hooked up to - I guess the USB cables these criminals are using are specially made with memory. I assume the cable USB plug would be a little larger than normal.

USB C cables do have microchips in them to allow feature negotiation, so I assume one could be built to inject malware, and probably without making it any larger than existing cables

https://connectorsupplier.com/usb-type-c-what-you-need-to-know/

[Sawbonz 27783]

5 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

I am just very, very glad this post is not in a, umm, different forum.

You read Suttree recently?

[LW Goatman 1125]

I've also been advised not to click on links from suspect looking emails. 

[Gatorubet 30413]

Also, when using unfamiliar ATMs, do not insert your card in much larger than average ATM card reader openings bearing Cyrillic letters