Are public USB charging stations to be trusted?

Spring travel has been in full swing, and the FBI alerted travelers about the potential dangers hidden in public USB charging stations. Denver FBI’s office Twitter account warned spring breakers that bad actors could use charging stations to infect devices with malicious code and monitoring software.

Free powering options are often observed in places with high foot traffic, such as hotels, street kiosks, airports, shopping centers, and cafeterias. This type of cybercrime is known as juice jacking, and it …

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