5 Cybersecurity Disasters You Missed This Week: Airport Wi-Fi Hacks, Botnets, Spyware Extensions, and More

5 Cybersecurity Disasters You Missed This Week: Airport Wi-Fi Hacks, Botnets, Spyware Extensions, and More

From record-breaking DDoS attacks to millions infected by malicious extensions, this week delivered some of the most alarming cyber incidents of the year.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Cybersecurity – Week 49

The Good | Authorities Jail WiFi Hacker, Seize €1.3B Crypto Mixer & Charge Two Malicious Insiders An Australian national has received just over seven years in prison for running “evil twin” WiFi networks on various flights and airports to steal travelers’ data. Using a ‘WiFi Pineapple’ device as an access point, he cloned legitimate airport SSIDs. Users were then redirected to phishing sites where he harvested their credentials, which were explo…