Hackers are, it’s safe to say, an innovative bunch.
From having AI write emails that know a little too much about your life to using Google Maps screenshots of homes to scare people, scams are becoming increasingly sophisticated.
But a cybersecurity expert has revealed that crooks can even use jerry-rigged Apple iPhone chargers to nab your data.
Ryan Montgomery, who tests digital security flaws in company networks, cautioned against using cables that you haven’t bought yourself.
Speaking on Instagram, Ryan said that ‘ordinary-looking’ charging cables can ’cause havoc on your computer or phone.’
Hackers use cables loaded with malware in a type of scam known as ‘juice jacking’.
So, if innocently used to charge your phone through your laptop or computer, the malware infects devices and gives hackers an access pass to your data.
They can read and steal your data by capturing keystrokes, rummaging through passwords and even lock up the gadget altogether.
Demonstrating this, Ryan filmed himself plugging …