YOUR CHARGING CABLE CAN HACK YOU!?

Yes you heard it right ! Your charging cable is hacking you.

These type of  charging cables are called USBHarpoon.

They look and work like normal charging cables but they inject malware or trojans to your device to send your data like keystrokes, password , pics , mails etc etc, to the developer of the malware or trojan .

One of the most famous hacker KEVIN MITNICK demonstrated how these cables inject code and give access of your computer to cracker.

HOW TO BE SAFE FROM THESE KIND OF CHARGERS?

These chargers basically behave like a bad usb. Follow these steps to be safe

• CONNECT ONLY TRUSTED USB CABLES .
• KEEP YOUR ANTIVIRUS AND ANTI-MALWARE UPDATED.
• DON'T BUY CHEAP DATA CABLES OR FAKE USBs.
•  CHEAP PRODUCTS OFTEN HAVE SOME EXPLOITS INSTALLED TO COLLECT USER DATA AND THEY SELL IT LATER ON TO BIG COMPANIES !