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DNS poisoning campaign targeting captive Wi‑Fi routers to harvest corporate credentials

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An ongoing DNS poisoning campaign is redirecting traffic from hotel and conference venue Wi‑Fi routers to harvest corporate login credentials, putting traveling employees and their accounts at risk. The operation uses exposed management interfaces and weak or reused admin credentials to take control of public Wi‑Fi gateways. Compromised gateways have been seen across multiple US cities, India and Saudi Arabia, showing a geographically broad operation. The attack can capture sensitive information without phishing links or malicious attachments by funneling legitimate domains through attacker-controlled infrastructure.

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Timeline

  1. 24.07.2026 15:00 2 articles · 13d ago

    ReliaQuest warns of DNS poisoning campaign targeting hotel Wi-Fi routers

    Initial Disclosure

    ReliaQuest warned that a DNS poisoning campaign is targeting hotel and conference venue Wi-Fi routers used for captive Wi-Fi services to steal corporate login credentials from visitors. The attackers are believed to gain access through exposed SSH, SNMP and web administration consoles or weak and reused admin credentials, then alter router configurations to redirect legitimate web traffic through attacker-controlled infrastructure.

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