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5,761 Online Stores Infected with Card-Stealing Malware

Posted: October 19, 2016 to News.

Tags: Malware, Data Breach, Compliance

Recently there has been some particular insight and knowledge given to the fact that there are more that 5,761 online stores that are currently affected with card data stealing malware. In particular the number of online shops that are infected with malware has skyrocketed in the past year according to William de Groot in particular who is a security analyst.

Key Takeaways:
  • According to Willem de Groot, security analyst for Byte.nl, the number of online shops infected with malware has skyrocketed in the past year, as crooks found that online skimming presents a greater target and more anonymity than real-world ATM skimming.
  • The recent surge in online skimming has fueled a growth in carding sites, which now often sell payment card data stolen via compromised online store payment pages and PoS malware, rather than data acquired from ATM skimmers.
  • A general Internet scan of 255,000 online stores has revealed the presence of various malware variants on 3,501 shops.

The recent surge in online skimming has fueled a growth in carding sites, which now often sell payment card data stolen via compromised online store payment pages and PoS malware, rather than data acquired from ATM skimmers.

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