Researcher Spots New Tricks in Web Payment Card Skimmers

E-commerce sites have been under siege from cybercriminals who seek to sneak malicious code into checkout processes. A researcher has found two new methods that payment card number thieves are using to try to stay under the radar.

The attackers are sometimes referred to as Magecart, a name for a slew of groups that steal payment card numbers. These attackers often capitalize on vulnerabilities in e-commerce software or other security mistakes that allow for the injection of malicious Javacript, dubbed sniffers or skimmers.