US EditionRussian Hackers Create 4,300 Fake Travel Sites to Steal Hotel Guests' Payment Data
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Russian Hackers Create 4,300 Fake Travel Sites to Steal Hotel Guests' Payment Data
A Russian-speaking threat behind an ongoing, mass phishing campaign has registered more than 4,300 domain names since the start of the year. The activity, per Netcraft security researcher Andrew Brandt, is designed to target customers of the hospitality industry, specifically hotel guests who may have travel reservations with spam emails. The campaign is said to have begun in earnest around
Security researchers at Sekoia report on a phishing campaign in which cybercriminal booking systems such as booking.com and Expedia compromise with the PureRAT malware and use stolen reservation data to cheat the guests. The post hotel portals targeted by hackers first appeared on IT-I-Ko.
Attackers first use random, compromised email accounts.
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