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It really surprised me when this article blew up on Twitter as I thought it was common knowledge to never use public chargers and avoid untrusted usb anything after “bad usb”. It showed me how I live in a tech security bubble-a good reminder.
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It's not really. Supposed a nefarious group wants to get ahold of an executives phone who always flies out of LAX or goes to a certain mall and uses a public charger. It would be smart to zero day one of those and if a few extra people are exploited, maybe some bonus bank info.
This is typical hacker movie nonsense. In real life, if they want something from said executive they just kidnap him, threaten violence, and he gives them what they want instantly. Or just knock him out cold from behind, take his shit, and crack into it themselves.
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Less serious than tampering with fixtures in a secure area at an American international airport?
Exactly, and you'll be on video. You can buy stamps from a vending machine with cash.
That’s all assuming the bad port wouldn’t have been removed, and video might just show regular “maintenance.”
Yeah, it’s all above and beyond, but I think it’s in the realm of possibility for a high level target (see: stuxnet et al)
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It is almost impossible to drain my iPhone to 0 unless I am doing something really unhealthy, like staring at it for 10 hours. I take a charger with me on trips so I can charge over night, but otherwise.. it's literally not possible in my reasonable life to run my phone out of juice. Back when I used android, it was much more common that runaway apps would drain my phone in 2 hours. But now? Doing a anker battery wou…
Just go on a trip where you use your GPS a lot and take pictures with your phone and it will last half a day at best.
Most devices are charge-only by default, most users have USB debugging disabled, and those who know how to enable it, won't allow the adb server to connect to the phone (you have to explicitly give it permission).
I'm seeing a lot of hysteria in response to this random tweet by the Denver FBI's social media person. Do we know of a single real-world use of this hypothetical exploit? Do we know that iOS's (and presumably Android's) protection against untrusted device access isn't enough?
It just doesn't seem like a plausible hack when you take in all the circumstances that have to line up correctly: 1. The station has to be using USB Ports / Charging cables that are data enabled, not just cables that carry power 2. The hacker would need some way of injecting the malware into the charging station ports without being seen, I doubt many charging stations are internet connected so you would have to be at…