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Keezel's wireless device protects hotel Wi-Fi , home IoT connections

Network World

In cryptography, the "man in the middle" is usually an attacker -- but when Keezel wants to get between you and the Wi-Fi connection in your hotel or your home, it's for your own good. If there is authentication, it's often only for billing purposes, and performed by a captive portal after the traffic has gone over the air in the clear.

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How to gain a five star security reputation in hospitality

CIO Business Intelligence

Achieving and sustaining compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a daunting challenge for hotels because they handle many complex payment business cases. In the hospitality industry, hotels are either corporate or franchise entities. Many hotels use Opera PMS, Sihot PMS or some Cloud PMS.

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Hackers Seek to Score Against Super Bowl Cyber Defense

SecureWorld News

Fans will overwhelm cellular networks while simultaneously connecting to insecure public Wi-Fi networks at hotels, airports, and fan events. The initiative will promote best practices to teams and fans on strong authentication, malware prevention, phishing identification, and software updates.

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Ransomware Exponentially Increasing as IoT Provides Physical Targeting Opportunities

CTOvision

Ransomware in late 2016 interrupted San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority (SFMTA) payment machines and in Jan 2017 compromised the electronic key system of an Austrian hotel.

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Revolutionizing the Hospitality Industry with Technology Implementation

Valerian Tech

By embracing mobile check-ins, digital concierge services, and personalized recommendations, hotels can create seamless and memorable experiences. Video surveillance systems, access control systems, and biometric authentication provide robust security measures.

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It's 2017 and changing other people's flight bookings is incredibly easy

Network World

The travel booking systems used by millions of people every day are woefully insecure and lack modern authentication methods. This allows attackers to easily modify other people's reservations, cancel their flights and even use the refunds to book tickets for themselves, according a team of researchers who analyzed this online ecosystem.

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Digital identity startup Evernym sells to Avast, looks to bring trust to a decentralized internet

GeekWire

Evernym director of marketing Alex Andrade-Walz said they are very familiar with Auth0, contrasting Evernym’s approach with Auth0’s focus on authentication and log-ins. “This could be a log-in credential, but it could also be a vaccine record, diploma, hotel reservation, driver’s license, etc.