Russian spies may have moved in next door to target your network
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Spies hack Wi-Fi networks in far-off land to launch attack on target next door
While stalking its target, GruesomeLarch performed credential-stuffing attacks that compromised the passwords of several accounts on a web service platform used by the organization's employees. Two-factor authentication enforced on the platform, however, prevented the attackers from compromising the accounts.
Russian Spies Jumped From One Network to Another Via Wi-Fi in an Unprecedented Hack
In a first, Russia's APT28 hacking group appears to have remotely breached the Wi-Fi of an espionage target by hijacking a laptop in another building across the street.
Novel Russian hacking method daisy chains Wi-Fi networks to reach intended target
Russian hackers have devised a highly sophisticated method of breaching Wi-Fi networks from afar that researchers have dubbed the "nearest neighbor attack," as it allows hackers
Hackers breach US firm over Wi-Fi from Russia in 'Nearest Neighbor Attack'
Russian state hackers APT28 (Fancy Bear/Forest Blizzard/Sofacy) breached a U.S. company through its enterprise WiFi network while being thousands of miles away, by leveraging a novel technique called "nearest neighbor attack.
Russian Hackers Sign Into US Wi-Fi Network by Hijacking Nearby Devices
Fi network in the US by hijacking a device in a building across the street—all without leaving Russia.Cybersecurity vendor Volexity today documented the rare hacking technique, dubbed the "Nearest Neighbor Attack.
Hackers breach Wi-Fi network of U.S. firm from Russia — daisy chain attack jumps from network to network to gain access from thousands of miles away
Russian hackers compromised two different organization to attack the network of a third firm located across the road via ...
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China-linked group abuses Fortinet 0-day with post-exploit VPN-credential stealer
Chinese government-linked snoops are exploiting a zero-day bug in Fortinet's Windows VPN client to steal credentials and ...
Chinese hackers exploit Fortinet VPN zero-day to steal credentials
Chinese threat actors use a custom post-exploitation toolkit named 'DeepData' to exploit a zero-day vulnerability in Fortinet ...
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CISA: Attackers Are Bypassing Ivanti VPN Bug Mitigations
Earlier this month, researchers at Volexity reported that “mass exploitation” of the Ivanti Connect Secure vulnerabilities was underway, prompting CISA to release its first emergency directive ...
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US company attacked via neighboring third-party WLAN devices
As the security consultants from Volexity report, one of their customers was hit. The customer noticed suspicious access to ...