"Magecart Adds Middle East Retailers to Long List of Victims"

Retailers in the Middle East and Africa are more vulnerable to web-skimming attacks, but they make up a small fraction of all consumer victims. An independent researcher recently discovered web-skimming code on the staging server of the clothing retail website Khaadi, which is based in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates. The code was discovered during an investigation into a web-skimming attack on a German football team's website, and an Internet-wide search revealed 1,800 other potentially compromised websites. According to the cybersecurity researcher Gi7w0rm (Gitworm), the finding highlights the continued threat of web-skimming attacks, also known as Magecart attacks. Magecart refers to attacks that use card skimmers on e-commerce websites to steal payment card information. This article continues to discuss cybercriminals who seek to put credit-card skimmers on e-commerce websites, hitting some large vendors in the Middle East and Africa.

Dark Reading reports "Magecart Adds Middle East Retailers to Long List of Victims"

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