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Omni Hotels suffer prolonged IT outage due to cyberattack

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Omni Hotels suffer prolonged IT outage due to cyberattack 2024-04-04 at 17:32 By Zeljka Zorz Texas-based Omni Hotels & Resorts has been responding to a cyberattack that started last Friday, which resulted in the unavailability of many of its IT systems. According to people staying at some of the 50 properties the company operates across […]

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Airbnb scammers pose as hosts, redirect users to fake Tripadvisor site

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Airbnb scammers pose as hosts, redirect users to fake Tripadvisor site 2024-02-29 at 16:19 By Helga Labus Scammers on Airbnb are faking technical issues and citing higher fees to get users to a spoofed Tripadvisor website and steal their money. The Airbnb scam Malwarebytes researchers came across the Airbnb scam when trying to book an

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Qakbot returns in fresh assault on hospitality sector

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Qakbot returns in fresh assault on hospitality sector 18/12/2023 at 15:47 By Helga Labus The Qakbot botnet has been disrupted this summer, but cybercriminals are not ready to give up on the malware: Microsoft’s threat analysts have spotted a new phishing campaign attempting to deliver it to targets in the hospitality industry. Qakbot and its

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Booking.com customers targeted in hotel booking scam

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Booking.com customers targeted in hotel booking scam 04/12/2023 at 13:31 By Helga Labus Scammers are hijacking hotels’ Booking.com accounts and using them as part of a hotel booking scam aimed at tricking guests into sharing their payment card information. “Customers of multiple properties received email or in-app messages from Booking.com that purported to be from

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Marina Bay Sands breach exposed data of 665,000 customers

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Marina Bay Sands breach exposed data of 665,000 customers 08/11/2023 at 12:31 By Helga Labus Singapore-based luxury resort and casino Marina Bay Sands has suffered a data breach that exposed data of 665,000 non-casino rewards program members. The Marina Bay Sands data breach “Marina Bay Sands became aware of a data security incident on 20

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