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 more than half Middle Eastern country in July. In addition, DarkHotel has targeted Wi-Fi users at Asian hotels. A report by Symantec found one of respondents hook up to free public Wi-Fi.
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.