Performance and security are the lifeblood of an e-commerce website. The moment pages start to slow down, or your customers fear their data may be at risk, is the moment your business starts to fail. This post is the third in a series exploring the key tools every ecommerce site needs running 24/7.
Here’s the latest news on Magecart and other website attacks! We’ve trawled the web for the latest news of data breaches, including updates on previous attacks with insights from our own Security Research Team.
When it comes to website errors and issues, seeing is believing. Like most developers, I’ve been guilty of using the line “it works on my machine” when confronted with an annoying bug that only shows up under some obscure conditions. But just because one person doesn’t see it, doesn’t mean tens or hundreds of customers aren’t experiencing it.
We break down the timeline of the number one threat to ecommerce sites today – Magecart! This timeline includes all the significant Magecart attacks in 2019. With 4,800 formjacking attacks each month alone, this timeline only represents a small proportion of attacks reported in the public domain in 2019. Detect Web-skimming, Formjacking, and Supply Chain attacks before a Data Breach occurs with Magecart detection.
During research into Magecart attacks, I recently uncovered malicious code from two hacking groups attempting to steal credit card information on the European e-commerce websites for the science-backed skincare brand Perricone MD (affecting perriconemd.co.uk, perriconemd.it and perriconemd.de). Founded by U.S. celebrity dermatologist Nicholas Perricone, the company generated sales of $86 million in 2014 and are looking to fetch more than $200 million in a rumoured upcoming sale.
Holiday shopping is in full swing and cybercriminals are preparing their campaigns to maximise their profits this season. Here’s the latest news on Magecart and other website attacks, with insights from our own Security Researcher!
With Black Friday weekend coming up, ecommerce sites are preparing for a huge increase in traffic. If you haven’t made any changes yet, fear not, there’s still time! We’ve compiled a Black Friday last-minute checklist so you can prepare your site for the Black Friday weekend! Monitor your uptime status.
Visa have reported a new security alert for an advanced, self-cleaning, JavaScript skimmer named Pipka. The security researchers at Visa’s Payment Fraud Disruptions (PFD) discovered the skimmer in September earlier this year. The skimmer was first seen on a North American ecommerce website which had previously been infected with a different skimmer, Inter. Visa have now identified another 16 additional sites with hosting the Pipka code.
The threat of your customers being attacked directly on the client-side is more real today than ever before. Magecart are knocking on everybody’s door – you, your 3rd parties, and even their 4th parties. This is happening continuously, with Magecart looking for opportunities to steal your valuable data for sale on the dark web. It’s a complex and ever-changing problem. So what stage are you at in the customer hacking lifecycle?
