WordPress Plugin Exploited to Steal Credit Card Data from E-commerce Sites

Unknown threat actors are abusing lesser-known code snippet plugins for WordPress to insert malicious PHP code in victim sites that are capable of harvesting credit card data. The campaign, observed by Sucuri on May 11, 2024, entails the abuse of a WordPress plugin called Dessky Snippets, which...

How AI will change your credit card behind the scenes

Many companies are starting to implement Artificial Intelligence AI within their services. Whenever there are large amounts of data involved, AI offers a way to turn that pile of data into actionable insights. And theres a big chance that our data are somewhere in that pile, whether they can be...

Desperate Taylor Swift fans defrauded by ticket scams

Ticket scams are very common and apparently hard to stop. When there are not nearly enough tickets for some concerts to accommodate all the fans that desperately want to be there, it makes for ideal hunting grounds for scammers. With a ticket scam, you pay for a ticket and you either don’t receiv...

FBI warns online daters to avoid “free” online verification schemes that prove costly

The FBI has warned of fraudsters targeting users of dating websites and apps with “free” online verification service schemes that turn out to be very costly. Instead of being free, as advertised, the verification schemes involve steep monthly subscription fees, and will steal personal information...

Russian FSB Counterintelligence Chief Gets 9 Years in Cybercrime Bribery Scheme

The head of counterintelligence for a division of the Russian Federal Security Service FSB was sentenced last week to nine years in a penal colony for accepting a USD $1.7 million bribe to ignore the activities of a prolific Russian cybercrime group that hacked thousands of e-commerce websites. T...

Sneaky Credit Card Skimmer Disguised as Harmless Facebook Tracker

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 into websites through tools that allow for custom code, such as WordPress plugins like Simple Custom...

Hackers Exploit Magento Bug to Steal Payment Data from E-commerce Websites

Threat actors have been found exploiting a critical flaw in Magento to inject a persistent backdoor into e-commerce websites. The attack leverages CVE-2024-20720 CVSS score: 9.1, which has been described by Adobe as a case of "improper neutralization of special elements" that could pave the way f...

Raccoon Infostealer operator extradited to the United States

A Ukrainian national, Mark Sokolovsky, has been indicted for crimes related to fraud, money laundering and aggravated identity theft and extradited to the United States from the Netherlands, the US Attorney’s Office of the Western District of Texas has announced. In March 2022, around the same ti...

Rogue WordPress Plugin Exposes E-Commerce Sites to Credit Card Theft

Threat hunters have discovered a rogue WordPress plugin that's capable of creating bogus administrator users and injecting malicious JavaScript code to steal credit card information. The skimming activity is part of a Magecart campaign targeting e-commerce websites, according to Sucuri. "As with...

BidenCash Market Leaks 1.6 Million Credit Card Details

By Waqas BidenCash is recognized as a hub for stolen payment card data, operating both on the dark web and the clear net. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: BidenCash Market Leaks 1.6 Million Credit Card Details...

Credit card skimming on the rise for the holiday shopping season

As we head into shopping season, customers arent the only ones getting excited. More online shopping means more opportunities for cybercriminals to grab their share using scams and data theft. One particular threat were following closely and expect to increase over the next several weeks is credi...

A week in security (September 25 - October 1)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Dependabot impersonators cause trouble on GitHub Update Chrome now! Google patches another actively exploited vulnerability Googles Bard conversations turn up in search results Malicious ad served inside Bing's AI chatbot Pegasus spyware and how it exploited a WebP...

CVE-2023-41962

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Credit Card Payment Setup page of Welcart e-Commerce versions 2.7 to 2.8.21 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to inject an arbitrary script in the page...

Cross site scripting

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Credit Card Payment Setup page of Welcart e-Commerce versions 2.7 to 2.8.21 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to inject an arbitrary script in the page...

CVE-2023-41962

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Credit Card Payment Setup page of Welcart e-Commerce versions 2.7 to 2.8.21 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to inject an arbitrary script in the page...

CVE-2023-41962

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Credit Card Payment Setup page of Welcart e-Commerce versions 2.7 to 2.8.21 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to inject an arbitrary script in the page...

Credit card thieves target Booking.com customers

Staff in the hospitality industry are trained to accommodate their guests, and when they have a few years of experience under their belt you can be sure they'll have received some extraordinary requests. Which is something that clever cybercriminals are taking advantage of. Researchers at...

WordPress plugin Welcart e-Commerce security vulnerability

WordPress and WordPress plugin are both products of the WordPress Foundation.WordPress is a blogging platform developed using the PHP language. The platform supports personal blog sites on PHP and MySQL servers.WordPress plugin is an application plugin. A security vulnerability exists in Welcart...

Chinese-Speaking Cybercriminals Launch Large-Scale iMessage Smishing Campaign in U.S.

A new large-scale smishing campaign is targeting the U.S. by sending iMessages from compromised Apple iCloud accounts with an aim to conduct identity theft and financial fraud. "The Chinese-speaking threat actors behind this campaign are operating a package-tracking text scam sent via iMessage to...

Ongoing Xurum Attacks on E-commerce Sites Exploiting Critical Magento 2 Vulnerability

E-commerce sites using Adobe's Magento 2 software are the target of an ongoing campaign that has been active since at least January 2023. The attacks, dubbed Xurum by Akamai, leverage a now-patched critical security flaw CVE-2022-24086, CVSS score: 9.8 in Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source...