Hotel Wi-Fi WARNING - Don't login to free Wi-Fi until you've read THIS new malware threat
The summer holidays are here and Britons are getting ready to soak up some sun, sea and get away from it all as they relax abroad.
But they’ve been warned to be careful about logging onto a hotel’s free Wi-Fi as cybercriminals are using a dangerous piece of malware to spy on guests.
Russian hacking group Fancy Bear, also known as APT28, are using hot Wi-Fi networks to target their victims, according to security firm FireEye.
They are using the EternalBlue exploit, which was also wielded by WannaCry hackers, to hack into laptops and other devices used by travellers.
To crack hotel networks, hackers are believed to have sent phasing e-mails to hotel staff in at least seven European companies and one Middle East nation.
Opening a .doc attachment located with the e-mail dropped malware dubbed Gamefish onto a hotel’s computer, according to cybersecurity experts FireEye.
Once it was running on a hotel machine, the malware was instructed to find and infect the equipment that controls the internal and guest Wi-Fi.
This can then be used to attack people of interest staying at the hotel.
Once hackers take control of a hotels’ Wi-Fi, they can use it to gather a victims’ usernames and passwords without them even realising.