Security News

Card skimming malware found on thousands of Magento-based sites
2018-09-05 18:12

A card skimming operation has compromised 7339 Magento-based online stores, allowing the attackers to quietly slurp payment card info as it’s being entered by customers. Flagged in early August by...

Magento Hackers Using Simple Evasion Trick to Reinfect Sites With Malware
2018-06-20 07:33

Security researchers have been warning of a new trick that cybercriminals are leveraging to hide their malicious code designed to re-introduce the infection to steal confidential information from...

Hacked Magento Sites Steal Card Data, Spread Malware
2018-04-03 15:37

Cybercriminals are targeting websites running the Magento platform to inject them with code that can steal credit card data and infect visitors with malware, Flashpoint reports. The open-source...

Badmins: Magento shops brute-forced to scrape card deets and install cryptominers
2018-04-01 00:00

Change your passw... ugh, what's the point? Hackers have compromised hundreds of e-commerce sites running the popular open-source Magento platform to scrape credit card numbers and install...

PoC for several Magento vulnerabilities released, update now!
2017-10-05 22:14

DefenseCode has published proof of concept code for two CSRF and stored XSS vulnerabilities affecting a number of versions of the popular e-commerce platform Magento. Magento is an open source...

Magento Patches Critical Vulnerability in eCommerce Platforms
2017-09-15 10:53

Magento this week released updates for Magento Commerce and Open Source 2.1.9 and 2.0.16 to address numerous vulnerabilities, including a remote code execution bug rated Critical severity. read more

Defeating Magento security mechanisms: Attacks used in the real world (Help Net Security)
2017-05-09 20:22

DefenseCode recently discovered and reported multiple stored cross-site scripting and cross-site request forgery vulnerabilities in Magento 1 and 2 which will be addressed in one of the future...

‘High Risk’ Zero Day Leaves 200,000 Magento Merchants Vulnerable (Threatpost)
2017-04-13 16:51

A popular version of the Magento ecommerce platform is vulnerable to a remote code execution bug, putting as many as 200,000 online retailers at risk.

Credit Card Scrapers Continue to Target Magento (Threatpost)
2017-03-13 18:52

Researchers said last week they came across a malicious function that was snuck into a module in Magento in order to steal credit card information.