Hackers breach US firm over Wi-Fi from Russia in 'Nearest Neighbor Attack'

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 to infiltrate target networks without physically approaching the premises.Read Entire Article

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." [...]

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 Wi-Fi.

Russians Use "Nearest Neighbor Attack" To Spy On US, Other Adversaries

SAN FRANCISCO – For determined hackers, sitting in a car outside a target’s building and using radio equipment to breach its Wi-Fi network has long been an effective but risky technique. These risks became all too clear when spies working for Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency were caught red-handed on a city street in the Netherlands in 2018 using an antenna hidden in their car’s trunk to try to hack into the Wi-Fi of the Organization fo…

Nearest Neighbor Attacks: Russian APT Breaches Target By Exploiting Nearby Wi-Fi

Recent research has revealed that a Russian advanced persistent threat (APT) group, tracked as “GruesomeLarch” (also known as APT28, Fancy Bear, or Forest Blizzard), has unveiled a novel attack technique dubbed the “Nearest Neighbor Attack.” Leveraging compromised Wi-Fi networks close to their intended victim, the group orchestrated a sophisticated breach that highlighted a new frontier […] The post Nearest Neighbor Attacks: Russian APT Hack The…