eproperty.wyndham.vic.gov.au Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-2433976

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

Hotel Chain Hilton Worldwide Investigating Potential POS Breach

Hilton Hotels and Resorts is reportedly looking into claims that some of its point-of-sale devices were compromised, some potentially as far back as November 2014. Security blogger Brian Krebs notes that Visa sent alerts to financial institutions warning of a breach from April 21 to July 27, but...

Dennis Fisher and Mike Mimoso on the Ashley Madison Breach and the Wyndham Data Breach Decision

Dennis Fisher and Mike Mimoso discuss the quasi-interesting fallout from the Ashley Madison hack, the appeals court decision about the Wyndham data breaches, and Charlie Miller leaving Twitter. Download: digitalunderground217.mp3 Music by Chris Gonsalves...

Court Rules FTC Has Authority to Punish Wyndham Over Breaches

In the latest installment of a long and winding court case related to multiple data beaches at Wyndham Worldwide several years ago, an appellate court has upheld the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to punish the hotel chain for lax security practices that allegedly led to the breaches...

FTC Sues Wyndham Over Breaches Linked to $10m In Fraud

UPDATE: The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has fined Wyndham Hotels for a string of data breaches that resulted in information on hundreds of thousands of customers being lost to cyber criminals. An FTC complaint, filed on June 26, 2012, asks for “permanent injunctive relief” against Wyndham for...

Wyndham Hotels Hit Again By Hackers

Hackers broke into computer systems at Wyndham Hotels & Resorts recently, stealing sensitive customer data. The break-in occurred between late October 2009 and January 2010, when it was finally discovered. This is the third data breach reported by Wyndham in the past year. Read the full article...