Security News

Warning: Popular e-cigarette store hacked to steal credit cards
2022-02-18 10:14

BleepingComputer has confirmed Element Vape, a prominent online seller of e-cigarettes and vaping kits is serving a credit card skimmer on its live site, likely after getting hacked. With its presence across the U.S. and Canada, Element Vape sells e-cigarettes, vaping devices, e-liquids, and CBD products in both retail outlets and on their online store.

Stop vaping: Major e-cigarette store hacked to steal credit cards
2022-02-18 10:14

BleepingComputer has confirmed Element Vape, a prominent online seller of e-cigarettes and vaping kits is serving a credit card skimmer on its live site, likely after getting hacked. With its presence across the U.S. and Canada, Element Vape sells e-cigarettes, vaping devices, e-liquids, and CBD products in both retail outlets and on their online store.

Russia Cracks Down on 4 Dark Web Marketplaces for Stolen Credit Cards
2022-02-10 02:11

A special law enforcement operation undertaken by Russia has led to the seizure and shutdown of four online bazaars that specialized in the theft and sales of stolen credit cards, as the government continues to take active measures against harboring cybercriminals on its territory. Ferum Shop, active since October 2013, made as much as $256 million in Bitcoin from stolen card sales, accounting for nearly 17% of the stolen credit card market.

UK.gov threatens to make adults give credit card details for access to Facebook or TikTok
2022-02-08 15:43

Adults will have to hand over credit card or passport details before they can access social media sites, the British government threatened this morning. Internet use age verification - first floated and then abandoned via the country's 2017 Digital Economy Act - will return in the UK's Online Safety Bill, digital minister Chris Philp MP has vowed, linking the technology, widely criticised by privacy activists, to protecting children from pornography websites.

Target open sources scanner for digital credit card skimmers
2022-02-03 17:27

Target, one of the largest American department store chains and e-commerce retailers, has open sourced 'Merry Maker' - its years-old proprietary scanner for payment card skimming. A skimmer is malicious code injected into shopping sites to steal customers' credit card data at checkout.

Segway store hacked to steal customers' credit cards
2022-01-25 14:59

Segway's online store was compromised to include a malicious Magecart script that potentially allowed threat actors to steal credit cards and customer information during checkout. MageCart attacks are when threat actors compromise a site to introduce malicious scripts that steal credit card and customer information when people make a purchase.

Dark Web's Largest Marketplace for Stolen Credit Cards is Shutting Down
2022-01-18 02:03

UniCC, the biggest dark web marketplace of stolen credit and debit cards, has announced that it's shuttering its operations after earning $358 million in purchases since 2013 using cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ether, and Dash. "Don't build any conspiracy theories about us leaving," the anonymous operators of UniCC said in a farewell posted on dark web carding forums, according to blockchain analytics firm Elliptic.

Hackers use video player to steal credit cards from over 100 sites
2022-01-04 17:52

Hackers used a cloud video hosting service to perform a supply chain attack on over one hundred real estate sites that injected malicious scripts to steal information inputted in website forms. In a new supply chain attack discovered by Palo Alto Networks Unit42, threat actors abused a cloud video hosting feature to inject skimmer code into a video player.

PulseTV discloses potential compromise of 200,000 credit cards
2021-12-31 17:35

U.S. online store PulseTV has disclosed a large-scale customer credit card compromise. The platform found out about a potential breach from VISA on March 8, 2021, who informed them that unauthorized credit card transactions were taking place on the site.

Pro Wrestling Tees discloses data breach after credit cards stolen
2021-12-23 15:49

Popular wrestling t-shirt site Pro Wrestling Tees has disclosed a data breach incident that has resulted in the compromise of the financial details of tens of thousands of its customers. Pro Wrestling Tees is a website allowing professional wrestlers to set up their own mini-stores to sell merchandise like shirts, posters, action figures, and more to their fans.