Microsoft catches Russian hackers targeting foreign embassies
Once behind the captive portal, the page initiates the Windows Test Connectivity Status Indicator, a legitimate service that determines whether a device has Internet access by sending an HTTP GET request to hxxp://www.msftconnecttest[.]com/redirect. That site, in turn, redirects the browser to msn[.]com. As Thursday’s post explained: Once the system opens the browser window to this… Read More »