The outlet is still the safest place for you to charge your device mobile, however, when these are busy and the battery almost reaches 0%, you immediately look for other sources of energy, such as: the ports of a computer or laptop, is it advisable to connect the smartphone here? The answer is yes, if the computers are trustworthy, otherwise no, since you don’t know if those computers are infected with some type of virus that compromises the security of the personal and banking data stored on your cell phone.
Cybercriminals work together with the most dangerous computer viruses in the world, such as “Malware” or “Jocker”, both of which have the objective of entering your telephone and steal all possible information, from names and surnames, emails with passwords, to passwords of your bank accounts, for this reason the “USB Condoms” were created, to prevent a device from being infected when it is connected to a PC or laptop.
WHAT ARE “USB CONDOMS” AND WHAT ARE THEY FOR?
According to the information disseminated by the technological portal “Adslzone”, it was possible to know that a USB is made up of 4 threads, Two of the wires are responsible for carrying the positive and negative data, and the rest feed energy into the battery of your cell phone.Just to be clear, when you connect the mobile’s USB cable to a USB port of a virus-infected computer, there is a chance that unwanted data will be transferred automatically.
The alteration of the USB port of a computer or laptop is known as the “Juice jacking” technique, a method used by hackers to access all the information on your device, something that you can avoid with “USB Condoms”, since This device will block the two wires of the USB cable that transfer positive and negative data, making only those that supply power to your phone’s battery work..
There are different brands, but the products are not real condoms like those used by humans, but rather adapters in the form of a traditional USB flash drive with the same port, where you have to connect the cable from your cell phone so that it only charges on the strange PC or laptop. Below we will show you some of the best brands: Privise, Roline and PortaPow.
THE FOUR ANDROID APPS INFECTED WITH DANGEROUS VIRUSES
- Smart SMS Messages: it appears to have more advanced features than the native SMS texting app that comes installed by default on your smartphone.
- Blood Presure Monitor: This is a fake program that measures your blood pressure and presents the results to you in a simple way.
- Voice Languages Translator: it is presented as a “voice translator in all languages”, likewise, you can scan words with your cell phone’s camera, which means that you will have to give both of them access to the virus-infected application, be very careful.
- Quick Text Messages: Similar to the first app, a fast SMS text messaging platform.