Network World

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Hotel and restaurant chains, beware. A notorious cybercriminal gang is tricking businesses into installing malware by calling their customer services representatives and convincing them to open malicious email attachments. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 11, 2023

No charging station is safe, apparently, as the FBI is warning travelers looking to charge their devices in airports, hotels, and coffee shops that "juice jacking" is a thing—as bad actors are using public chargers and even free cables and charging plugs to infect phones and other devices with malware.

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Network World

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Retailers, hotels and restaurants have all been victimized through the same Achilles' heel that cybercriminals continue to attack: the point-of-sale system, where customers' payment data is routinely processed. These digital cash registers are often the target of malware designed to steal credit card numbers in the thousands or even millions.

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CTOvision

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

This article increases awareness for organizations seeking to enhance their digital risk posture against the increasing threat of ransomware (a type of malware) deployed by threat actors to prevent or limit users from accessing their system until a ransom is paid. Crystal Lister.

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Network World

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

The incident occurs as a growing number of retailers and hotels have been targeted by hackers, who typically install malware into the point-of-sale systems to steal credit card numbers. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

MGM Resorts International, a casino and hotel chain, announced that it had suffered a cybersecurity breach on Monday, September 11. As a result of the breach, some customers were unable to make reservations, use their credit cards, or access their hotel rooms.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

“The computing edge has extended to people working from various ‘out of office’ locations including homes, hotels and different countries. As a result, the potential for malware to become resident on home computers is increasing.”. In addition, most home computers are used by various family members.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 1, 2022

Devices that are left unattended at airports and other crowded locations—such as bus stops and other transit hubs, hotel lobbies, or cafes—are vulnerable to theft and can be a major security risk. Various common scams used to steal valuables can help hackers deliver a malware payload or access an employee's device.

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Vox

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Juice jacking is when someone tampers with a charging station or USB port, allowing it to leach data from your phone or install malware on it while you top off your battery. Avoid using free charging stations in airports, hotels or shopping centers,” it said. And yet, the warnings persist. Probably not.)

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 12, 2022

But what about the executive traveling in Singapore who needs access to an internal SharePoint server from an unsecured computer in a hotel lobby? RBI can be configured with a wide variety of options that make it impossible for malicious code, attachments, zero-day malware, and ransomware to run on endpoints. Bar the exits.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

AUGUST 9, 2023

The reason is because geotags alert threat actors as to where you have recently been, which is just the sort of kernel needed to send a malware-embedded survey about last week’s hotel stay. Don’t tag images. They can also search on Twitter for tags like “#LifeAtCompanyX” to get intel on you or your business.

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A Screw's Loose

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

I’m sitting out on the patio of a hotel at 11:30 on a Friday night. I started off at the hotel where I turned on my 4g MiFi device and was surfing the web at great speeds. Then back to the hotel room while the family went site seeing and shopping. Standard Disclaimer. A Screw's Loose. We don’t need no stinking offices?

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A Screw's Loose

JUNE 26, 2013

I have found them invaluable when looking for the address of a hotel, finding a confirmation number or just figuring out how to get around as many of them provide local maps in the app. I can call for a car to the hotel or wherever I need to go in a lot of cities now. Always look for a safe in your hotel room. Tags Applications.

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A Screw's Loose

AUGUST 14, 2012

How many of you have checked into a hotel and connected to the WiFi (by the way, why is it that the cheaper the hotel the more chance that WiFi will be offered for free and the more expensive the hotel the likelihood you will pay through the nose for access)? Tags Applications. Crapplications. Enterprise Mobility. Innovation.

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A Screw's Loose

AUGUST 30, 2012

Many hotels. Even worse, when I am sitting in a hotel hooked up to their WiFi wondering why I am not hearing the whistles and pops of the 14.4 So what do all these things have in common? Remote Retreats. International Airplanes. Downtown Manhattan. Downtown San Francisco. Thick Walled Rooms. Faraday Cages. Huge swaths of the country.

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A Screw's Loose

JUNE 24, 2013

We hear complaints about going through security all the time, bad flights, bad hotel rooms and the list goes on and on. When I am in the hotel I usually set up my Belkin plug and can have all my devices in one outlet and charged up by morning. Traveling is always interesting but not always fun. It has saved me plenty of money.

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A Screw's Loose

JUNE 7, 2012

Then to make matters work, when you step outside in the rain to head back to the hotel you check your phone for the phrasebook to ask directions and drop your phone in a puddle by mistake. They flew you over to Europe for a cost of $3k, they put you up in a hotel that costs $200/night and they are feeding you while you are there.

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Cloud Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Protecting the network from intrusion, malware and other threats is still as important as ever. On the other hand, this week I’m in Las Vegas at Peak Performance and will probably log in from my hotel room tonight at 9:00 p.m. That perimeter is now gone and organizations are now trying to deal with an IT world that has no boundaries.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 25, 2021

sent spearphishing emails that tried to get people to click fake links or open documents that would install malware. and, where this worked, they "compiled, used, and monitored malware command and control servers," which could help them track and steal information. Remember all the warnings about hotel Wi-Fi being insecure?

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ForAllSecure

MAY 2, 2023

Let's analyze malware. The Las Vegas shooter had a room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel. This is the hotel where the annual Black Hat USA conference is held. This mass shooting is also why hotels along the Strip now claim the right to enter your hotel room at any time during your stay to look for weapons.

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The Verge

APRIL 5, 2021

Failing that, lawmakers could craft a statute similar to the public accommodations clause of the Civil Rights Act , which prevents hotels and restaurants from barring service on the basis of race or creed. It’s not the first time Thomas has used a tech-related petition as an opportunity to call for social media regulation.

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The Verge

JANUARY 26, 2022

He’d recently been the subject of a cover story in LA Weekly, in which he’d boasted that he could use his mastery over the phone network’s electronic systems to void bills, score free airplane tickets and hotel reservations, and alter credit scores. Lewis was a savant and, like Susan, liked being in control.

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Network World

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Trump Hotel Collection has arrived at a settlement with New York Attorney General Eric T. The hotel chain, one of the businesses of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, has agreed to pay US$50,000 in penalties and promised to take measures to beef up its data security practices, according to the attorney general’s office.

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