Phishing cases are the order of the day. Any strategy seems valid for cybercriminals to carry out new scams. And, as numerous experts show, that also includes the accommodation reservation pages. Something that not only can end up becoming a fraud, but also bitter vacations.
Today it is more common than ever to reserve apartments, hotels and others through the Internet. And as much as it is a comfortable and fast practice, especially compared to other traditional alternatives, it also has its risks. Especially when it comes to portals that, according to specialists, are especially vulnerable in many ways.
Care when booking online accommodation
It has been Microsoft herself that has warned about a scam related to the Booking.com portal. Basically, it is a phishing case, in which The scammers impersonate their identity to steal credentials and, as usually happens in these cases, to carry out financial fraud. The threat, which emerged last December, not only remains active, but even more active.
Its operation is simple: the attackers send false emails that seem to come from Booking.com, addressing topics such as negative guest reviews, requests from possible customers, online promotion opportunities or accounts of accounts. In them sand include bonds or PDF files that direct the victims to fraudulent web pages.
As if that were not enough, Microsoft has given names and surnames: to begin with, it calls the technique used as ClickFix. That is, a fraud that encourages the user to execute commands that download and execute malware on their devices. And also He has identified those behind: a group called Storm-1865, which has been doing phishing campaigns since the past 2023.
And what has Booking.com said about it? Well, in effect, he has recognized that some of his service and customer suppliers have been affected by this Phishing campaign. However, he ensures that his internal systems have not been compromised. However, the problems for the security of the portal do not seem to end simply there, much less.
A threat that seems to increase
In case these problems were not enough, an investigation carried out by the British consumer defense organization which?, Seem to have detected another problem related to Booking.com. According to them, The portal does not carry out a too rigorous verification, so some hosts could carry out fraud more or less simple.
They themselves claim to have done the test. To demonstrate their complaints, they registered a completely fictitious property, for which at no time they were required to present documentation or credentials of any kind. They could do it in less than a quarter of an hour. In this way, they tried to show how easy it is to scam any web user.
Therefore, your recommendation is clear: to be very thorough when carrying out any reserve of accommodation, looking good at the details, because the risks are there, already even.
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