FBI: Beware of Software Updates On Hotel Connections
Cyber-criminals are using pop-up warnings on hotel connections to plant malware on computers.
The FBI recommends that all government, private industry, and academic personnel who travel abroad take extra caution before updating software products on their hotel Internet connection. Checking the author or digital certificate of any prompted update to see if it corresponds to the software vendor may reveal an attempted attack. The FBI also recommends that travelers perform software updates on laptops immediately before traveling, and that they download software updates directly from the software vendor’s Web site if updates are necessary while abroad.
As I wrote in the 10 little things to secure your online presence article, computer users who log on to public networks should get into the habit of using a VPN to encrypt web sessions and keep private data out of the hands of hackers.