FIN6 Switches Up PoS Tactics to Target E-Commerce
The group is using the More_eggs JScript backdoor to anchor its attack. Continue reading FIN6 Switches Up PoS Tactics to Target E-Commerce
Category Archives: card skimmer
MyPillow and Amerisleep Targeted in Magecart Group Attacks
In both breaches of MyPillow and Amerisleep, the customers whose payment information was potentially stolen were not informed.
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MagentoCore Card Skimmer Found on Mass Numbers of E-Commerce Sites
The Magecart group is likely behind the most prolific card-stealing operation seen in the wild to date. Continue reading MagentoCore Card Skimmer Found on Mass Numbers of E-Commerce Sites
Ticketmaster Breach: Just One Part of a Wide-Ranging Campaign
A whopping 800 e-commerce sites around the world have been targeted by the Magecart criminal group so far, according to RiskIQ. Continue reading Ticketmaster Breach: Just One Part of a Wide-Ranging Campaign
Seek Out Scammers With Skimmer Scanner
Last week we reported on some work that Sparkfun had done in reverse engineering a type of hardware card skimmer found installed in gasoline pumps incorporating card payment hardware. The device in question was a man-in-the-middle attack, a PIC microcontroller programmed to listen to the serial communications between card reader and pump computer, and then store the result in an EEPROM.
The devices featured a Bluetooth module through which the crooks could harvest the card details remotely, and this in turn provides a handy way to identify them in the wild. If you find a Bluetooth connection at the pump …read more
Seriously, Is It That Easy To Skim Cards?
We’ve all heard of card skimmers, nefarious devices that steal the identity of credit and debit cards, attached to ATMs and other machines in which unsuspecting consumers use them. Often they have relied on physical extraction of data from the card itself, such as by inserting a magnetic stripe reader in a fake ATM fascia, or by using a hidden camera to catch a picture of both card and user PIN entry.
The folks at Sparkfun write about an approach they received from a law enforcement agency bearing a selection of card skimmer devices that had been installed in gasoline …read more
Seriously, Is It That Easy To Skim Cards?
We’ve all heard of card skimmers, nefarious devices that steal the identity of credit and debit cards, attached to ATMs and other machines in which unsuspecting consumers use them. Often they have relied on physical extraction of data from the card itself, such as by inserting a magnetic stripe reader in a fake ATM fascia, or by using a hidden camera to catch a picture of both card and user PIN entry.
The folks at Sparkfun write about an approach they received from a law enforcement agency bearing a selection of card skimmer devices that had been installed in gasoline …read more