If you connect your mobile device to a computer by using a USB cable that could make you vulnerable to hackers.
Kaspersky said, “Using just a regular PC and a
standard micro USB cable, armed with a set of special commands, Kaspersky experts were able to re-flash a smartphone and silently install a root application on it. This leads to a total compromise of the smartphone, even though no malware was used.” The device name, type, manufacturer, serial
number, operating system information, firmware information, file system/file list as well as the electronic chip ID is all shared throughout the. connection of the device to the computer. This transfer makes it easy for hackers to develop the supposedly safe data exchange between the smartphone as well as the computer.
If you are concerned about getting hacked in this way then Kaspersky Lab says that there are several ways to secure yourself:
You should use only trusted USB charging points to charge your device. Secure your mobile phone with a password or with another method such as fingerprint recognition but do not unlock it when it is in charging.
Use the encryption technologies and
protect the containers to secure the
data. Install several kind of antivirus
software which is capable of
identifying the malware even if a
"charging" vulnerability is used.
