Tackling the Top 4 Fraud and Abuse Challenges this Holiday Season

Last holiday season, the headlines were all about the excess supply and glut of inventory that retailers had to sell off quickly to capture revenue amidst tight competition and waning consumer sentiment. While this year has so far presented new macroeconomic pressures — which some argue might be getting worse — retailers have continued to…

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Member Spotlight: Michael Francess

Michael Francess is the senior manager of cybersecurity advanced threat and response at Wyndham Hotels & Resorts. We were able to talk with Michael about his fascination with cybersecurity during his youth, role at Wyndham, and how the RH-ISAC community has impacted him. Tell us about yourself and your background. I have been with Wyndham…

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Cybercrime Never Takes a Vacation: Cybersecurity in the Hospitality Industry

The Trustwave SpiderLabs team conducted a multi-month investigation into the cyber threats facing the hospitality industry worldwide and has released a detailed report displaying how threat actors conduct attacks, the methodologies used, and what organizations can do to protect themselves from specific types of attacks. The report, 2023 Hospitality Sector Threat Landscape: Trustwave Threat Intelligence…

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How to Stay Secure Amid AI Mania

Picture this: A French-speaking security researcher finds a critical vulnerability in a major U.S. retailer’s mobile app. They draft an email warning, but they run it by an AI chatbot to fix English language snafus before notifying the company. Now imagine an attacker has been prowling the same large language model app for sensitive information….

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MetaStealer Family of Go Infostealers Targeting Businesses Using macOS

On September 11, 2023, SentinelOne researchers reported the technical details a campaign targeting unspecified businesses that operate macOS in their environments with a series of infostealers written in Go they dubbed the “MetaStealer” family. Context According to the report, the campaign has been “proactively targeting macOS businesses by posing as fake clients in order to…

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