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The UAE Cybersecurity Council has warned that nearly four in five travellers risk exposing their personal data when charging their mobile devices at unsafe public charging points. In a statement, the council said that using unsecured ports can lead to the theft of data and passwords or the installation of malware on devices without the user’s knowledge. It explained that some public charging points may contain hidden software capable of accessing personal information through so-called “malicious charging attacks”, which exploit media or image-transfer protocols that activate automatically when a device is plugged in. According to the council, 68 per cent of companies have been targeted by cyberattacks originating from compromised charging points, resulting in breaches of corporate data and digital […]
