Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
CIO is reporting that security company Agari released their “State of Email Trust Report” and that the travel industry is one of the most vulnerable industries to hacker attacks. The article goes onto say that points and miles are the issue of the day right now. “Criminals have discovered that they can monetize all those wonderful airline and hotel points,” said Patrick Peterson, Agari founder and CEO. “They are very busy doing some very nefarious things with that, and a lot of our hotel chains and airlines are up in arms.” How The Scam Works The hacking methods have not changed, only the target (miles and points vs. money) has. The scammers are still out there phishing for passwords and usernames the old fashion way: A person gets an email that offers a free flight voucher or a coupon for a discount ticket and clicks through to what they think is the real company’s website, although it is actually a carefully crafted replica. Trusting that they have landed at the real site, they enter in their personal information, handing scammers their username, password and access to all those points/miles. In addition, those who use the same username or password anywhere else on the web could […]
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