IT Governance

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

It started nearly two months before Booking.com’s statement, on 14 September, when Perception Point researchers reported that they’d observed a number of phishing campaigns targeting hotels and travel agencies. Once the victims had been infected, the attackers exfiltrated customer data.

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Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2020

The MGM Resorts 2019 data breach is much larger than initially thought, a hacker is offering for sale details of 142 million MGM hotel guests on the dark web. A credible actor is selling details of 142 million MGM hotel guests on the dark web , the news was reported in exclusive by ZDNet. ” reported ZDNet. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

It is the largest gaming company in the United States, with over 50 casinos and hotels in 13 U.S. The company also owns and operates a number of other businesses, including a golf course management company, a travel agency, and a marketing firm. states and five countries.

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Dark Reading

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Hotel reservation platform Prestige Software compromised personal data belonging to millions of travelers through a misconfigured AWS S3 bucket.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

million guests who stayed at MGM Resorts hotels was stolen by hackers this summer and posted a hacking forum this week. million users who stayed at MGM Resorts hotels have been published on a hacking forum this week. According to MGM Resorts, the data was old, none of the customers in the archive stayed at the hotel past 2017.

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Architect Security

AUGUST 24, 2018

Introduction I travel a lot, sometimes alone. I have left hotels almost immediately after checking in because I felt unsafe with the accommodations. Sometimes a hotel will assign a room to two people by mistake, and one person walks in on the other using a valid key (I’ve seen this happen).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2021

According to a report published by researchers at PrivacySavvy, many travel companies expose users’ data through their booking apps. In a report published on the 16 th of March by PrivacySavvy, many travel companies expose users’ data through their booking apps. Popular Travel Apps Expose Users.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 8, 2020

is a leading company for any travel and logistics requirements. Leaked data includes 14 folders and 53,555 files divided into the following categories: Passport scans Flight bookings Hotel bookings Email communications between Airlink International Group employees and customers Insurance policy for international travel.

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Docuware

JULY 16, 2021

Just because employees are traveling less and working from home more doesn’t mean that they aren’t submitting expense reports as frequently. Once the initial flow of expenses for canceled flights and hotel accommodations subsided, travel expenses went down significantly due to travel restrictions and the predominance of virtual meetings.

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Adam Levin

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

The data includes full names, home addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, birthdates, and, in some cases, passport numbers of 10,683,188 hotel guests, including celebrities and prominent public figures such as Justin Bieber and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2019

vpnMentor’s discovered a breach in a database belonging to Autoclerk, a reservations management system owned by Best Western Hotels and Resorts Group. Security experts at vpnMentor’s discovered a breach in a database belonging to Autoclerk, a reservations management system owned by Best Western Hotels and Resorts Group. ” . .

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The FBI warned one again the holiday travelers about the danger of using free WiFi networks while traveling. Free WiFi networks, such as the ones in the airports and hotel, hide many dangers to the holiday travelers, for this reason, has once again published a new warning. ” continues the FBI. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Reltio

DECEMBER 15, 2020

To say that the travel and hospitality industry has been challenged by the global COVID-19 pandemic epitomizes understatement. Restaurants, hotels and lodging, and transportation services collectively employ an estimated 18M people in the US alone, according to combined statistics from Statista and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Rippleshot

APRIL 3, 2020

The hotel chain announced that the personal data of 5.2 The personal information includes names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, loyalty member data, DOB and additional linked travel preference information. million people may have been impacted.

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IT Governance

MAY 10, 2023

Over the past few weeks, prospective holidaymakers have received emails claiming that they can receive a 20% discount at any hotel in the world. Source: Trend Micro The scam has been particularly successful targeting people travelling to Liverpool for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. The email reads “Congratulations!

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erwin

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The hotel and hospitality industry was expected to see 5 to 6 percent growth in 2018 , part of an impressive run of performance fueled by steady demand, improved midmarket offerings, and a new supply of travelers from developing regions. The data hotels collect to drive their loyalty programs. It is a strategy.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 23, 2020

In August, the travel exchange firm Travelex collapsed into administration following ongoing losses related to the ransomware attack it suffered on New Year’s Eve 2019. It meant that more than 10 million files that had been collected via hotel and travel services including Expedia, Booking.com and Hotels.com were leaked online.

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Rocket Software

MAY 11, 2020

With borders closing and stay-at-home orders in place, airlines were forced to suspend or reduce services and hotels experienced the highest number of job losses in the U.S. At Rocket, we wanted to make sure that our travel clients—and all our clients—will swim. . Shifting Strategy and Planning Ahead. The Rocket Solution.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Last month the Radisson Hotel Group, a global player in the hospitality industry with more than 1,400 hotels in 114 countries, discovered that its rewards programme had been breached. The hotel group has confirmed that no payment card information, passwords or travel history were accessed. Countries of residence.

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Docuware

JULY 16, 2021

Just because employees are traveling less and working from home more doesn’t mean that they aren’t submitting expense reports as frequently. Once the initial flow of expenses for canceled flights and hotel accommodations subsided, travel expenses went down significantly due to travel restrictions and the predominance of virtual meetings.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2019

The Japanese hotel chain HIS Group admitted that its in-room robots were vulnerable and could allow hackers to remotely view video footage from the devices. The personnel at the Henn na Hotel managed by the Japanese hotel chain HIS Group is composed of robots that provide hospitality services to the guests. Vendor had 90 days.

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Information Management Resources

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The Marriott purchase of Starwood Hotel & Resorts was a bet that its popular loyalty program would bring more travelers to its Courtyards and Residence Inns. It turns out Marriott was also buying a massive security risk.

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AIIM

APRIL 11, 2023

I wish you could have seen the look on Mancini’s face when he saw me sitting in the hotel lobby. For the June board meeting, I was still too weak to travel, so I Zoomed in, and no one recognized me at first – bald as a newborn baby, my Walter White phase. Two weeks later, the transplant was a success.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Plus travelled to Sydney and then Melbourne to speak at a couple of events so that's a pretty good week IMHO. What's especially good is that there's no more flights or hotel rooms in 2017 for me! I actually got a lot of writing done this week!

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

AccorHotels subsidiary Gekko Group exposes hotels and travelers data in massive data leak. Google will pay up to $1.5m for full chain RCE for Android on Titan M chips. Microsoft warns of growing DoppelPaymer Ransomware threat. Roboto, a new P2P botnet targets Linux Webmin servers. French Rouen hospital hit by a ransomware attack.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2020

The first Darkhotel espionage campaign was spotted by experts at Kaspersky Lab in late 2014, according to the researchers the APT group has been around for nearly a decade while targeting selected corporate executives traveling abroad. .

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John Battelle's Searchblog

MARCH 23, 2010

Today Google Labs posted news that it was playing around with showing hotel prices on Google Maps. From the post: Google Maps is often one of the first stops travelers make to find and compare hotels. Of course, if not done right, it could freak out one of Google's largest category of AdWords advertisers, the travel industry.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 22, 2019

Data that travels over a public hotspot network is rarely encrypted. Hotels are a favorite target, especially during the holidays, but so are shopping malls, airports, cafes and different types of transport stations. She is a small business owner, traveler and investor of cryptocurrencies. Except there’s a problem.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 27, 2018

Well I'm just in Denmark, I'm about to head out the hotel door and into 30 hours of travel which isn't exactly fun, but that's the nature of living on the other side of the world to pretty much everything. I'm in Denmark! This week's update is a little late as my Friday was absolutely non-stop in Denmark.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 3, 2023

Did it choose a particular airline or hotel chain or restaurant because it was the best for you or because its maker got a kickback from the businesses? So when you get a travel recommendation or political information from an AI tool, approach it with the same skeptical eye you would a billboard ad or a campaign volunteer.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The first Darkhotel espionage campaign was spotted by experts at Kaspersky Lab in late 2014, according to the researchers the APT group has been around for nearly a decade while targeting selected corporate executives traveling abroad. According to the. The researchers noticed that the gang never go after the same target twice.

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Unwritten Record

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The Unknown World War I soldier lied in state at the Place de L’Hotel DeVille in Chalons-Sur-Marne, France and then traveled by train to Le Havre, France where numerous ceremonies were held, including the decoration of the Cross of the Legion of Honor by the the French Minister of Pensions.

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AIIM

JANUARY 28, 2021

In fact, it allows us many opportunities that being in a hotel doesn't. One of the things that we're most excited about with the new virtual format is that it means that travel is no longer a barrier. Traditionally, many of our friends and community members from far off areas wouldn't be able to join us due to travel challenges.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 15, 2022

For traveling employees, it is also quite common to leave behind their phone or laptop in taxis, restaurants, hotels, or on airplanes. While geographical location will not be corrupted, it can be rendered invalid by travel. Something You Know. However, it is much more difficult to spoof an IP address.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Never, ever, ever use public (unsecured) Wi-Fi such as the Wi-Fi in a café, hotel or airport. Instead, travel with an external battery charger to keep your devices charged. There are lots of articles about there telling people how to better secure their computers and online accounts. I am a fan of security freezes.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 28, 2020

Non-US-based cardholders likely fell victim to this breach when traveling to the United States and utilizing Wawa gas stations during the period of exposure.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Security experts from vpnMentor discovered that Gekko Group, an AccorHotels subsidiary, exposes hotels and travelers in a massive data leak. Gekko Group is a leading European B2B hotel booking platform that also owns smaller hospitality brands, including Teldar Travel & Infinite Hotel. Pierluigi Paganini.

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