The city of Atlanta operations had been severely crippled and pwned in March 2018, arising from a rather serious and in-depth ransomware attack. This successful attack made the city of Atlanta operations very difficult. The city is still working to recover from this (https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2018/06/08/wi-fi-phishing-attacks/). On the tail of the issues being remediated, another attack is passively underway. A security firm has detected hundreds of WiFi phishing sites activelyInfoSec, information security, cybersecurity, cyber-security, defenses, static defenses working. Surprisingly these are located not only proximate to the city hall, but also inside of the building. The research firm also detected active attacks in the Georgia State Capital. This is located merely a few blocks away from the Atlanta City Hall.
The attack was detected by the Coronet Secure Cloud Platform. The specific phishing attacks included Evil Twins, Captive Portals, and ARP Poisoning.
This instance brings up the importance of defensive measures. A static, flat defense is not a workable solution presently. The attackers will utilize the most current methods, pivoting to which method works the best for the circumstance. This does come at a cost, however, this is much better than the costs and expenses associated with breaches.
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