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The operators of Joker's Stash operate several versions of the platform, including Blockchain proxy server domains -. The actors behind Joker's Stash took to Russian-language carding forum Club2CRD stating that no card dumps were stored on the servers and transition plans were already underway to move the content hosted on the busted site to a new blockchain version of the portal.
Credit card stealer scripts are evolving and become increasingly harder to detect due to novel hiding tactics. This happened because scanners aren't commonly scanning CSS files for malicious code and anyone looking at the skimmer's trigger script reading a custom property from the CSS page wouldn't give it a second glance.
The attackers exploited multiple security vulnerabilities impacting these older and deprecated Magento 2.x versions to inject backdoors and inject credit card stealer scripts that allowed them to harvest the store customers' payment card data. Credit card skimmers are JavaScript-based scripts injected by Magecart cybercrime groups on compromised e-commerce sites' pages to exfiltrate payment and personal info submitted by customers to servers under their control.
Newly discovered web skimming malware is capable of hiding in plain sight to inject payment card skimmer scripts into compromised online stores. The malware's creators use malicious payloads concealed as social media buttons that mimic high profile platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
On Thursday, the gang claimed that it stole 2 million credit cards from South Korean retailer E-Land over a one-year period, in a campaign that culminated with a ransomware attack on the company's headquarters in November. Operators of Clop ransomware reportedly said that they were responsible for the November attack that forced E-Land - a subsidiary of E-Land Global - to shut down 23 of its New Core and NC Department Store locations.
Clop ransomware is claiming to have stolen 2 million credit cards from E-Land Retail over a one-year period ending with last months ransomware attack. In an interview with BleepingComputer, the CLOP ransomware operators claimed to have breached E-Land over a year ago and have been quietly stealing credit cards using POS malware installed on the network.
A newly discovered credit card skimmer uses an innovative technique to inject highly convincing PayPal iframes and hijack the checkout process on compromised online stores. The skimmer will capture all order form data entered by the victims and will exfiltrate it to the attackers' servers.
Ticketmaster is claiming that the ICO's £1.25m data breach fine clears it of any responsibility for its network being infected by card-skimming malware, according to correspondence seen by The Register. Ticketmaster is insisting that it is not liable to a customer for the compromise of its network, attempting to exploit an apparent legal loophole to squeeze out of Reg reader Richard's fight for compensation.
Just as seasonal online shopping kicks into high gear, new variants of the point-of-sale Grelos skimmer malware have been identified. Over time new actors began to co-opt the Grelos skimmer and reuse some of the original domains used to host the malware.
A wave of cyberattacks against retailers running the Magento 1.x e-commerce platform earlier this September has been attributed to one single group, according to the latest research. Collectively called Cardbleed, the attacks targeted at least 2,806 online storefronts running Magento 1.x, which reached end-of-life as of June 30, 2020.