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Jan 06 2026 Fake Windows BSODs check in at Europe's hotels to con staff into running malware

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Phishers posing as Booking.com use panic-inducing blue screens to bypass security controls Russia-linked hackers are sneaking malware into European hotels and other hospitality outfits by tricking staff into installing it themselves through fake Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) crashes.... [...]

Posted by Carly Page on Tue 06 January 2026 in The Register.

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