If you’re old enough to remember when neighbors “borrowed” your wi-fi or cable connection so they didn’t have to pay for services, then you may appreciate the “nearest neighbor” attack as part of cyberwar. Kyiv Post reports:
Russian military spies have employed an innovative technique using neighboring Wi-Fi systems to breach secure networks in an unprecedented hacking operation dating to 2022, according to recent reports.
The Kremlin’s notorious APT28 hacking group, also known as Fancy Bear and Unit 26165, is a GRU intelligence operation that has advanced its methods, bypassing traditional close-access operations and remotely hacking into sensitive systems from a building across the street.
The discovery was made by cybersecurity researchers at Volexity, who traced the attack back to early 2022 while investigating a breach involving one of their customers in Washington, D.C., according to Wired. This new Wi-Fi hacking method, dubbed a “nearest neighbor attack,” has raised alarm among cybersecurity experts, revealing a far more sophisticated and remote form of espionage than previous attempts.
Read more at Kyiv Post.
