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Hijacked Hotel Wi-Fi Pushes Fake Updates to Deliver Surveillance Malware

Microsoft links hijacked hotel Wi-Fi to fake updates that deliver CornFlake, steal cloud tokens, and abuse device codes to target travelers.

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A fake browser update served over hijacked hotel Wi-Fi has been used to deliver CornFlake, a remote access trojan (RAT) that can capture webcam images, microphone audio, and keystrokes, Microsoft said in its latest report. Researchers track the operation as CaptiveCrunch and attribute it to Storm-2945.

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