by staff | Aug 6, 2025 | Uncategorised
Here we look at how phishing scams spike in summer, including fake travel bookings, delivery text traps and urgent invoice fraud, and why UK businesses and individuals are especially vulnerable during the summer holiday season. Phishing peaks in summer as risk...
by staff | Jul 5, 2024 | Security, Stop-Press
The arrival of generative AI and its use by scammers to create more sophisticated phishing emails is behind an increase in travel scams of up to 900 percent in the last 18 months, Marnie Wilking, chief information security officer at Booking.com, has warned. Speaking...
by staff | May 22, 2024 | Tech News
Online travel marketplace, Booking.com, has been designated a ‘gatekeeper’ company by the EU under its new Digital Markets Act (DMA) competition law, meaning that Booking.com now has six months to comply. Gatekeepers Under the EU’s new Digital Markets Act (DMA),...
by staff | Nov 9, 2023 | Security, Stop-Press
It’s been reported that following a hack of online travel agency Booking.com’s email system, customers have been receiving phishing emails asking for their bank card details to avoid cancellation of their hotel booking. The emails, which have been reported to...
