We all know this, thought I would send your way. I have used my own Mi-Fi when I travel, I have never trusted hotel sites for safety.
Home Depot blames Windows for record hack, rushes out to buy Macs and iPhones afterward BGR News Chris Smith November 10, 2014 Home Depot has confirmed in recent months that it too has been the victim of a complex malware attack, with hackers reportedly stealing more than 56 million credit cards and over 53 million emails in a record cyber heist. The Wall Street Journal has learned more details about the attack, revealing that hackers used a Windows machine as a point of entry, from which they were able to spread the malware and collect customer data. Interestingly, one of the first moves Home Depot made after learning about the attack was to purchase new, secure, MacBooks and iPhones for execs. FROM EARLIER: Home Depot confirms 53 million email addresses stolen in massive hack It’s not clear what vulnerability in Windows the hackers exploited, but Microsoft patched it after the breach began. However, that was too late to stop the Home Depot hackers, who “were able to move throughout Home Depot’s systems and over to the company’s point-of-sale systems as if they were Home Depot employees with high-level permissions.” CEOs beware of ‘dark hotel’ hackers Arjun Kharpal | CNBC.com COMMENTSJoin the Discussion Criminals are using hotel Wi-Fi networks to hack the devices of business executives with the hope of gaining access to a company's sensitive information, according to a new report. The so-called "dark hotel" attack tricks hotel Wi-Fi users into downloading malicious software that appears to be a legitimate software update, security firm Kaspersky Lab said Monday. When a guest downloads the backdoor virus, hackers install an advanced key-logging tool, which tracks passwords and other sensitive information, in an attempt to gain access to a corporate network. After the operation, the hackers delete their tools from the hotel network making an attack hard to detect in real time. 'Thousands' of infections While the exact number of "dark hotel" attacks cannot be ascertained, Kaspersky predicted that the number since 2008 could be in the "thousands" with "hundreds" of hotels across the world compromised. Their campaign is relying on a simple technique," he told CNBC. A number of different hotel chains were vulnerable to the attack, Raiu added, suggesting an issue with the Wi-Fi hardware. "It is definitely not the same chain of hotels. The most promising theory is that the hotels are using a specific hardware that has vulnerability," Raiu told CNBC.
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