September 25, 2025

News to Know

Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Powered Attacks Are Targeting Hotel Guests
(SOURCE: 4HOTELIERS)

Between June and August 2025, Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) discovered a new wave of cyberattacks by a threat group called RevengeHotels, which targets hotels to gain access to guests’ payment information.

While hotels in Brazil have been the main target to date, such cyberattacks have also been reported in other countries around the globe.

The group has been operating since 2015 and has since upgraded its methods. The threat actor is now using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to make their attacks more effective and reach additional regions.

AVIATION

How Airlines Are Personalising Passenger Communication in 2025 (TRAVEL RADAR)

Several Airlines Ground Flights Due to 'Opong' (MANILA TIMES)

American Airlines Technology Issue Causes 1,000 Delayed Flights, Including 400 at DFW International Airport (CBS NEWS)

Pakistan Airlines to Restart UK Flights in November (AIRWAYS MAGAZINE)

Collins Aerospace Working on Restoring Software for Airlines Hit by Cyberattack (YAHOO!)

The Direct Connect Disconnect: Separating Fact From Fiction (WEB IN TRAVEL)

GROUND TRANSPORTATION

Waymo Is Getting Into the Corporate Travel Business (TECH CRUNCH)

OTHER SECTORS

In Pursuit of Clean Data for an Agentic Travel Future (PHOCUSWIRE)

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Resources

Crisis24 Intelligence Brief

Asia - TS Bualoi tracking west-northwestward in Philippine Sea Sept. 25. Landfall forecast over Eastern Visayas, Philippines, early Sept. 26.

Denmark - Authorities responding to reported presence of drones near Aalborg Airport, Norresundby, Denmark, late Sept. 24. All flights suspended.

Italy = Unionized rail personnel plan industrial action across Italy 21:00 Oct. 2-20:59 Oct. 3. Public transport disruptions likely.

Portugal - Hurricane Gabrielle tracking east-northeastward in the North Atlantic Ocean Sept. 24, and forecast to pass through the Azores late Sept. 25.

United States - Runway excursion prompts disrupt flight operations at Roanoke-Blacksburg Airport in Roanoke, VA, US, as of early Sept. 25

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