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> Brian Markus is co-founder of Aries Security, and one of the researchers who originally showcased the threat from juice jacking at the 2011 DEFCON. Markus sai
by dmix 4y ago
> Brian Markus is co-founder of Aries Security, and one of the researchers who originally showcased the threat from juice jacking at the 2011 DEFCON. Markus said he isn’t aware of any public accounts of juice jacking kiosks being found in the wild, and said he’s unsure what prompted the recent FBI alert.
Maybe the FBI came across some foreign actor that talked about doing this or maybe they did come across it in real life and we'll have to wait for some future trial/operation to learn about it (if ever).
Still that $180 USB cable is really interesting. Fortunately it's expensive, although it's designed for professional red teaming.
- iudqnolq 4y agoNope, it's a years old hypothetical. > “The FBI replied that its tweet was a ‘standard PSA-type post’ that stemmed from the FCC warning,” Snopes reported. “An FCC spokesperson told Snopes that the commission wanted to make sure that their advisory on “juice-jacking,” first issued in 2019 and later updated in 2021, was up-to-date so as to ensure ‘the consumers have the most up-to-date information.’ The official, who requested anonymity, added that they had not seen any rise in instances of consumer complaints about juice-jacking.”
- dmix 4y agoReality is either 2x more boring or occasionally 2x more interesting than expected as usual.