Expert Magomedov: charging your phone in hotels and airports can be dangerous
Free charging stations in public places are not safe to use. It’s better to have your own “chargers” with you just in case, cybersecurity expert Shamil Magomedov told the Prime agency.
As the specialist noted, in the West, cases are becoming more frequent when hackers gain access to gadgets that are charged at airports, cafes, hotels and shopping centers.
According to Magomedov, attackers have come up with a way to use USB ports to introduce malware, that is, viruses, onto devices. They attach a small drive to the cable, inside of which there is code or a program. They use security flaws in a particular application to infect a gadget.
Most often, older smartphone models that are well studied by hackers are vulnerable in this situation. Thus, hackers gain full access to the data on the device, Magomedov noted.
Chargers located on the street, in parks, and public gardens are susceptible to such attacks. However, the expert emphasized that this type of service in Russia is not yet sufficiently developed, so such crimes have not yet been recorded.
Earlier, Roskachestvo specialists said that hackers can penetrate devices using old Wi-Fi connections saved on the gadget. When connected to Wi-Fi, smartphones automatically save credentials. If they are not subsequently deleted, a large list of old unused connections may appear on the gadget, experts explained.
Source: Lenta
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