Collaborate Disseminate
A new vulnerability affecting Windows 10 has been disclosed on Twitter before being patched and it allows attackers to delete system files or to replace sensitive libraries. The vulnerability is located in the Windows Data Sharing Service (dssvc.dll) … Continue reading New Windows Zero-Day Flaw Dropped on Twitter
The groups of attackers who specialize in injecting payment card skimmer code called Magecart into online shops managed to compromise a third-party customer rating plugin called Shopper Approved that’s used by thousands of websites. The compromi… Continue reading Magecart Injects Skimmer Code in Customer Rating Widget
Researchers with RiskIQ say they have uncovered and helped resolve a credit card-skimming threat that targeted a third-party web app that manages customer reviews. The company attributes the threat to Magecart, a loosely associated set of hacking groups that exploit vulnerabilities in widely used third-party scripts. Magecart has been linked to similar payment data breaches with Ticketmaster UK, Newegg, British Airways and others. But Yonathan Klijnsma, head researcher at RiskIQ, explained to CyberScoop that Magecart is more of an umbrella term to describe the independent groups that exchange and imitate other groups’ procedures. In this case, RiskIQ says that a tool made by e-commerce software company Shopper Approved was compromised by Magecart threat actors, giving them the ability to skim payment information from the checkout pages of “a few hundred” online stores using the tool. RiskIQ labels this Magecart group “Group 5” and says it’s the same one that targeted Ticketmaster. The tool […]
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The same attackers believed to be responsible for the recent breach of British Airways customer payment data have injected card skimming code into the site of U.S. online retailer Newegg.com. The code was identified by researchers from security firms … Continue reading Online Retailer Newegg Hit by Magecart Card Skimming Gang
Security researchers believe the recent data breach announced by British Airways was the result of malicious code being injected into the company’s website to steal information from payment forms. According to researchers from threat management … Continue reading British Airways Site Infected with Card Skimming Code
Over the past six months, a group of hackers has managed to break into more than 7,000 Magento-based online shops and infected them with malicious code that steals payment card information from customers. According to security consultant Willem de Gro… Continue reading Thousands of Magento Sites Infected with Card Skimming Code
We have heard a lot about ATM skimmers, but it’s nearly impossible to spot one.
Some skimmers are designed to look exactly like the card slot on the original machine and attached to the front, and others are completely hidden inside the ATM.
But, du… Continue reading Researcher spots an ATM Skimmer while on vacation in Vienna
While vacationing in Bali, [Matt South] walked into a nice, secure, air-conditioned cubicle housing an ATM. Knowing card skimmers are the bane of every traveller, [Matt] did the sensible thing and jiggled the card reader and the guard that hides your PIN when punching it into the numeric keypad. [Matt] found the PIN pad shield came off very easily and was soon the rightful owner of a block of injection molded plastic, a tiny camera, and a few bits of electronics.
The first thing that tipped [Matt] off to the existence of electronics in this brick of plastic was a …read more
