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Our latest posts on website security issues that impact ecommerce sites, including tips for keeping client data secure. Learn about PCI compliance and emerging threats against ecommerce platforms such as Magento, Prestashop, Woocommerce, and OpenCart.
Relevant Plugins and Vulnerabilities: Plugin Vulnerability Patched Version Installs Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Authenticated XSS 1.4.6.7 80000 Quiz And Survey Master Authenticated Stored XSS 7.0.0 30000 Comments – wpDiscuz 7.0.0 – Arbitrary File Upload 7.0.5 70000 Real Estate 7 Reflected XSS 3.0.4 8000 CarePlus Reflected…
As 2020 continues to be the worst year in almost anybody’s lifetime, allow me to take this opportunity to stoke the fires of your existential dread even further. As a…
Read More about Reverse String WooCommerce WordPress Credit Card Swiper
Phishing kits are the back end components to a phishing attack and are often designed to make it easier to deploy a phishing page. These kits are typically bundled in…
Read More about Spox Phishing Kit Harvests Chase Bank Credentials
One widespread belief among webmasters is that attackers typically only compromise websites in a couple of ways: by exploiting vulnerabilities or stealing login credentials. Although these are certainly two of…
Read More about Pirated WordPress Plugins Bundled with Backdoors
The most common type of Magento credit card stealing malware is client-side JavaScript that grabs data entered in a checkout form and sends it to a third-party server controlled by…
Read More about Evasion Tactics in Hybrid Credit Card Skimmers
During a recent investigation, our team found malicious code that reveals how attackers are performing reconnaissance to identify if sites are actively using WooCommerce in a compromised hosting environment. These…
Read More about WordPress Malware Collects Sensitive WooCommerce Data
Relevant Plugins and Vulnerabilities: Plugin Vulnerability Patched Version Installs Widget Settings Importer/Exporter Stored XSS Closed 40000 Accordion Stored/Reflected XSS 2.2.9 30000 Support Ticket System By Phoeniixx Reflected XSS Closed 2000…
This note is a follow up to our recent post about a web skimmer that uses a dynamic domain name generating algorithm. This week, analyst Ben Martin found another variation…
Read More about Web Skimmer With a Domain Name Generator – Follow Up
While open-source ecommerce platforms are the most common targets for web skimmers, hackers also target paid-for software — especially if it’s used on high-profile online stores with large user-bases. This…
Read More about PinnacleCart Server-Side Skimmers and Backdoors
While working on a recent case, I found something on a WordPress website that is not as common as on Magento environments: A credit card swiper injection. Typically this type…
One of our remediation analysts Eli Trevino recently discovered a phishing page informing victims about fake Netflix service disruptions, supposedly due to problems with the victim’s payment method. The phishing…
