{"id":21095,"date":"2024-03-01T06:01:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T00:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=21095"},"modified":"2025-04-06T09:48:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T04:18:58","slug":"juice-jacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/juice-jacking\/","title":{"rendered":"Juice jacking"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Juice jacking<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The term \u201cjuice jacking\u201d was first coined in 2011 by investigative journalist Brian Krebs.<\/li>\n<li>It is a form of\u00a0cyberattack where a public USB charging port is\u00a0tampered\u00a0with and infected using hardware and software changes to steal data or install malware on devices connected to it.<\/li>\n<li>The attack is used by hackers to steal users\u2019\u00a0passwords, credit card information, addresses, and other sensitive data stored on the targeted device.<\/li>\n<li>This type of attack has been a growing concern, with incidents reported in various public spaces such as airports, hotels, and shopping centres.<\/li>\n<li>RBI emphasised the importance of protecting personal and financial data while using mobile devices.<\/li>\n<li>How to prevent such attacks?\n<ul>\n<li>To protect themselves from juice jacking and other cyber threats, mobile phone users have to use their personal chargers and avoid connecting their devices to public USB ports.<\/li>\n<li>Additionally, using a virtual private network (VPN) and ensuring that devices have the\u00a0latest security updates installed can help mitigate the risk of cyberattacks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u00a0Q1) What is the Chameleon Trojan?<\/h3>\n<p>It is a malware that has the ability to disable biometric authentication methods, including fingerprint and face unlock, to sneakily access sensitive information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindubusinessline.com\/info-tech\/juice-jacking-rbi-issues-warning-against-charging-mobile-phones-using-public-ports\/article67895091.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Juice jacking: RBI issues warning against charging mobile phones using public ports<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juice jacking is a form of cyberattack where a public USB charging port is tampered with and infected using hardware and software changes to steal data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":21096,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21095","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}