Payment Giant Exposed 9 Million Credit Card Transaction Records

By Habiba Rashid
The trove of sensitive data belonging to California-based Cornerstone Payment Systems was left exposed on a misconfigured server without any security authentication.
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IT threat evolution Q3 2022

Recent APT campaigns, a sophisticated UEFI rootkit, new ransomware for Windows, Linux and ESXi, attacks on foreign and crypto-currency exchanges, and malicious packages in online code repositories. Continue reading IT threat evolution Q3 2022

Researchers uncover more than 167,000 stolen credit card numbers, primarily from the U.S.

Using two malware variants, unknown operators managed to compile stolen card data potentially worth more than $3 million, researchers said.

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Credit Card Fraud That Bypasses 2FA

Someone in the UK is stealing smartphones and credit cards from people who have stored them in gym lockers, and is using the two items in combination to commit fraud:

Phones, of course, can be made inaccessible with the use of passwords and face or fingerprint unlocking. And bank cards can be stopped.

But the thief has a method which circumnavigates those basic safety protocols.

Once they have the phone and the card, they register the card on the relevant bank’s app on their own phone or computer. Since it is the first time that card will have been used on the new device, a one-off security passcode is demanded…

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Russian indicted, added to ‘Most Wanted’ in cybercrime market case

Igor Dekhtyarchuk allegedly ran the cybercrime forum Marketplace A, which specialized in stolen credit card data and website logins.

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For Magecart groups and other credit-card skimmers, old and new opportunities abound

The entry points for Magecart and other e-commerce skimmers are changing, but the attackers are getting more clever, too.

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Yet Another Currently Active E-Shop for Stolen Credit Cards Information Spotted in the Wild – An Analysis

I’ve just stumbled upon yet another currently active E-Shop for stolen and compromised credit cards information and I’ve decided to share additional actionable intelligence on its online infrastructure including to discuss the possible fraudulent and m… Continue reading Yet Another Currently Active E-Shop for Stolen Credit Cards Information Spotted in the Wild – An Analysis