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Macbook users, cellphone addicts; beware the charger
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RichA wrote: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45139397 that will not work at all on ios devices, and is going to be *very* difficult on recent macs. meanwhile, android devices and windows pcs are vulnerable. |
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Macbook users, cellphone addicts; beware the charger
On 13/11/2018 18:08, nospam wrote:
In article , RichA wrote: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45139397 that will not work at all on ios devices, and is going to be *very* difficult on recent macs. meanwhile, android devices and windows pcs are vulnerable. On my android phone, by default the USB port will only accept power. You have to pull up a window and positively enable data transfer. |
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Macbook users, cellphone addicts; beware the charger
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newshound wrote: On my android phone, by default the USB port will only accept power. You have to pull up a window and positively enable data transfer. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/08/beware-of-juice-jacking/ ³One attendee claimed his phone had USB transfer off and he would be fine. *When he plugged in, it instantly went into USB transfer mode,² Markus recalls.* ³He then sheepishly said,* ŒGuess that setting doesn¹t work.'² |
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Macbook users, cellphone addicts; beware the charger
On 13/11/2018 22:04, nospam wrote:
In article , newshound wrote: On my android phone, by default the USB port will only accept power. You have to pull up a window and positively enable data transfer. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/08/beware-of-juice-jacking/ ³One attendee claimed his phone had USB transfer off and he would be fine. Â*When he plugged in, it instantly went into USB transfer mode,² Markus recalls.Â* ³He then sheepishly said,Â* Å’Guess that setting doesn¹t work.'² OK so that's what the article said. I wonder what sort of cleverness it is doing if the phone *really did* have the transfer turned off. Was it perhaps exploiting a bluetooth or wifi vulnerability? |
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Macbook users, cellphone addicts; beware the charger
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newshound wrote: On my android phone, by default the USB port will only accept power. You have to pull up a window and positively enable data transfer. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/08/beware-of-juice-jacking/ 3One attendee claimed his phone had USB transfer off and he would be fine. *When he plugged in, it instantly went into USB transfer mode,2 Markus recalls.* 3He then sheepishly said,* ‘Guess that setting doesn1t work.'2 OK so that's what the article said. I wonder what sort of cleverness it is doing if the phone *really did* have the transfer turned off. Was it perhaps exploiting a bluetooth or wifi vulnerability? it likely used a usb exploit to re-enable it. accessing data on android devices is relatively easy. for ios devices, it's basically impossible. |
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Macbook users, cellphone addicts; beware the charger
On 14/11/2018 16:45, nospam wrote:
In article , newshound wrote: On my android phone, by default the USB port will only accept power. You have to pull up a window and positively enable data transfer. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/08/beware-of-juice-jacking/ 3One attendee claimed his phone had USB transfer off and he would be fine. Â*When he plugged in, it instantly went into USB transfer mode,2 Markus recalls.Â* 3He then sheepishly said,Â* ‘Guess that setting doesn1t work.'2 OK so that's what the article said. I wonder what sort of cleverness it is doing if the phone *really did* have the transfer turned off. Was it perhaps exploiting a bluetooth or wifi vulnerability? it likely used a usb exploit to re-enable it. accessing data on android devices is relatively easy. for ios devices, it's basically impossible. That suggests they are not just accessing data, but a system function which IMHO is much more serious. It would be nice to think Google would work quite hard at patching such vulnerabilities. Life has become far simpler since USB became a standard for charging all sorts of devices. At a quick count I have well over a dozen, and I am sure I have forgotten some. |
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