Hackers Target Hotels for Card Data
A growing emphasis by computer hackers on stealing payment card data from hotels and resorts and their increasingly sophisticated malicious software and attack methods are two highlights in a new report from security consulting and technology firm Trustwave Holdings Inc.
Trustwave’s Global Security Report 2010 summarizes findings from the Chicago-based firm’s investigations of 200-plus data breaches last year as well as 1,800 penetration tests of clients’ computer systems to find vulnerabilities. It’s the third such annual report Trustwave has done, and the number of data breaches has gone up every year, according to Nicholas J. Percoco, senior vice president of SpiderLabs, Trustwave’s investigative and research division. Hackers went after payment card data in 98% of the cases SpiderLabs investigated.
