Read the latest news on Magecart attacks! We’ve trawled the web for the latest news of data breaches, including updates on previous attacks. Now featuring insider insights from our own Security Researcher! Latest attacks: New! Major Attack on US Medical Debt Collection company American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA). Their payment portal was compromised for 8 months from August 1st, 2018 to March 30th, 2019.
A critical vulnerability in Evernote’s Web Clipper Chrome extension recently allowed hackers to steal data present in active web sessions. Web Clipper, an extension that allows users to save screenshots of webpages, emails, images, articles, etc., had a vulnerability that provided hackers with easy access to the websites accessed by its 4.5 million users before it was fixed on May 31, 2019.
We’ve discussed Magecart very frequently in recent months and it’s getting worse, with new attacks coming to light on a weekly basis. At RapidSpike, we are committed to raising exposure on these types of attacks and educating companies as to how they can effectively detect data breaches and reduce their exposure to them.
A new monthly feature blog on all things Magecart going on in the news. This summary gives you all the known facts about data breaches reported in the news as well as an insight from our own RapidSpike Security Researcher.
Named in the top 10 world’s most dangerous people alongside Trump & Putin, we are all under attack from Magecart. They attack websites, digital platforms & e-commerce 3rd party supply chains to steal our data, selling it to the highest bidder on the dark web. Our aim is to increase awareness on Magecart attacks, therefore we’ve created an event for Leeds Digital Festival.
The threat landscape has become increasingly diverse and the systems used to attack are more sophisticated than ever before. In 2018, enterprises and organizations of all sizes and across all industries faced serious data breaches (information leaks were experienced by Aadhar —1.1B users; myFitnessPal —150M; Quora—100M; Facebook—29M and many more). One of the biggest victims was Marriot.
By 2020, the cost of a data breach would amount to a whopping $150 million! No industry is safe from such violations. Did you know that after every 39 seconds, there is a hacker attack on computers and websites? Think about how many cyber-attacks might happen as you are reading this. Your business and website can be one of them unless you take the necessary measures to secure your platform.
Data breaches come in all shapes, sizes, and levels of exposure. They can range from a couple of log files unintentionally left available to the public to the leak of hundreds of thousands of users’ personally identifiable information (PII). Don’t think that just because you have a secure network, a leak can’t happen to you.
A massive data breach at Marriott and Starwood Hotels and Resorts has put the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) back in the spotlight. As the hotel chain faces record fines under the GDPR, privacy experts are again extolling the importance of secure log management practices to avoid suffering a similar fate as Starwood.
