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Crumbs! Holiday phish based on genuine hotel booking surfaces

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    'The email looked incredibly authentic,' warns scam target

    Scammers have launched a devious phishing campaign aimed at tricking customers of targeted hotels into transferring funds to a drop account.

    Securobods suggested cybercrooks either hacked into a Spanish hotel's system or persuaded someone to hand over customer records on a false pretext before using the purloined details to trick their customers into transferring funds to a bank account in Poland. Prospective marks were also asked to hand over credit card verification codes (CVV numbers) to scammers.

    The wife of Reg reader Paul received a scam email after booking a family holiday in Spain via Booking.com.

    El Reg notes that security experts have said the following issue was likely not due to any vulnerability in hotel reservations aggregator Booking.com itself.

    More details - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/04/hotel_booking_phish/
     
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