Security News

Intel Xeon workhorses boot evil maids out of the hotel: USB-based spying thwarted by fix
2018-07-25 06:32

The story behind the quietly patched CVE-2018-3652 Ex-Intel security dragons have breathed fresh fire into the old maxim: if someone has physical access to your machine, you're pwned.…

Budget hotel chain, UK political party, Monzo Bank caught by Typeform breach
2018-07-03 08:48

All insist financial data is safe – but not names or emails More entities affected by the data breach at web form and survey company Typeform have come forward, including budget hotel chain...

Fastbooking Hack Leaves Japan Hotel Red-Faced
2018-06-27 16:10

A Japanese hotel chain has apologised after more than 120,000 items of customer information were stolen in hacks of its reservations handled by French company Fastbooking. read more

Hackers build a 'Master Key' that unlocks millions of Hotel rooms
2018-04-26 09:48

If you often leave your valuable and expensive stuff like laptop and passports in the hotel rooms, then beware. Your room can be unlocked by not only a malicious staff having access to the master...

Hackers' hotel 'master key' could be big risk for business travelers
2018-04-25 18:01

Cybersecurity researchers have worked on cracking the code to hotel room keys since 2003.

Hotel, motel, Holiday Inn? Doesn't matter – they may need to update their room key software
2018-04-25 17:34

Eggheads craft skeleton cards to unlock doors in global chains Infosec outfit F-Secure has uncovered security vulnerabilities in a hotel keycard system that can be exploited by miscreants to break...

Hyatt Hotels Suffers International Payment Card Data Breach
2017-10-13 10:02

15-Week Malware Attack Stole Card Data From 41 Hotels Across 11 CountriesFor the second time in two years, Hyatt Hotels suffered a payment card data breach after attackers infected payment card...

Hyatt Hotels Hit by Another Card Breach
2017-10-13 09:01

Chicago-based hotel operator Hyatt Hotels Corporation informed customers this week that their credit card information may have been stolen by cybercriminals. This is the second data breach...

Meeting and Hotel Booking Provider’s Data Found in Public Amazon S3 Bucket (Threatpost)
2017-08-21 15:13

Personal and business data belonging to Boston area meeting and hotel booking provider Groupize was discovered in a publicly accessible Amazon Web Services S3 bucket, which has since been locked down.