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Cybercriminals Use Unicode to Hide Mongolian Skimmer in E-Commerce Platforms
2024-10-10 07:18

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new digital skimmer campaign that leverages Unicode obfuscation techniques to conceal a skimmer dubbed Mongolian Skimmer. "At first glance, the thing...

New Linux Malware 'sedexp' Hides Credit Card Skimmers Using Udev Rules
2024-08-25 05:37

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new stealthy piece of Linux malware that leverages an unconventional technique to achieve persistence on infected systems and hide credit card skimmer...

Magento Sites Targeted with Sneaky Credit Card Skimmer via Swap Files
2024-07-23 10:12

Threat actors have been observed using swap files in compromised websites to conceal a persistent credit card skimmer and harvest payment information. The sneaky technique, observed by Sucuri on a...

New Credit Card Skimmer Targets WordPress, Magento, and OpenCart Sites
2024-06-26 08:37

Multiple content management system (CMS) platforms like WordPress, Magento, and OpenCart have been targeted by a new credit card web skimmer called Caesar Cipher Skimmer. A web skimmer refers to...

Sneaky Credit Card Skimmer Disguised as Harmless Facebook Tracker
2024-04-12 05:09

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a credit card skimmer that's concealed within a fake Meta Pixel tracker script in an attempt to evade detection. Sucuri said that the malware is injected...

Silent Skimmer: A Year-Long Web Skimming Campaign Targeting Online Payment Businesses
2023-10-02 11:20

A financially motivated campaign has been targeting online payment businesses in the Asia Pacific, North America, and Latin America with web skimmers for more than a year. The BlackBerry Research...

Magento, WooCommerce, WordPress, and Shopify Exploited in Web Skimmer Attack
2023-06-05 06:29

Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed a new ongoing Magecart-style web skimmer campaign that's designed to steal personally identifiable information and credit card data from e-commerce websites. "Attackers employ a number of evasion techniques during the campaign, including obfuscating [using] Base64 and masking the attack to resemble popular third-party services, such as Google Analytics or Google Tag Manager," Akamai security researcher Roman Lvovsky said.

Magecart Serves Up Card Skimmers on Restaurant-Ordering Systems
2022-07-20 12:14

Magecart campaigns have been skimming payment-card credentials of unsuspecting customers using three online restaurant-ordering systems, affecting about 300 restaurants that use the services and compromising tens of thousands of cards so far, researchers have found. Two separate ongoing Magecart campaigns have injected e-skimmer scripts into the online ordering portals of restaurants using three separate platforms: MenuDrive, Harbortouch, and InTouchPOS, researchers from Recorded Future revealed in a blog post this week.

50k credit cards stolen from 300 U.S. restaurants using skimmers
2022-07-19 14:00

Payment card details from customers of more than 300 restaurants have been stolen in two web-skimming campaigns targeting three online ordering platforms. Recently, Recorded Future's threat detection tools identified two Magecart campaigns injecting malicious code into the online ordering portals of MenuDrive, Harbortouch, and InTouchPOS. As a result, 50,000 payment cards were stolen and have already been offered for sale on various marketplaces on the dark web.

Bank of the West found debit card-stealing skimmers on ATMs
2022-06-27 19:44

The Bank of the West is warning customers that their debit card numbers and PINs have been stolen by skimmers installed on several of the bank's ATMs. The financial institute, which operates over 600 branches in the United States, first detected a wave of suspicious withdrawal attempts in November 2021 and coordinated with law enforcement to conduct an in-depth investigation. "The ATM skimming device that was installed interfered with the normal debit card transaction and allowed the theft of your card number, the PIN number associated with your card, and possibly your name and address," explains the bank's notice to impacted customers.