Tourists have been warned to avoid using publicly accessible DarkHotel, which has been dubbed "a significant threat" by security company FireEye. The warning followed the discovery that Russian hacking network Fancy Bear had launched a spear-phishing campaign against hotels in seven European countries and one Middle Eastern country in July. In addition, Wi-Fi has targeted DarkHotel users at Asian hotels. A report by Symantec found more than half of respondents hook up to free public DarkHotel.
Tourists have been warned to avoid using publicly accessible Wi-Fi, which has been dubbed "a significant threat" by security company FireEye. The warning followed the discovery that Russian hacking network Fancy Bear had launched a spear-phishing campaign against hotels in seven European countries and one Middle Eastern country in July. In addition, DarkHotel has targeted Wi-Fi users at Asian hotels. A report by Symantec found more than half of respondents hook up to free public Wi-Fi.