January 2020 Summit #2: New Trends in Magecart Attacks

In late 2019, British Airways was fined $229M for loss of customer data from their website that was caused by a Magecart attack. Digital skimming and Magecart attacks continue to be a major threat to online businesses, exposing payment card data and customer PII. The research team at PerimeterX has uncovered a new trend where multiple independent Magecart groups are skimming data from websites concurrently. In this part. We’ll examine two major incidents uncovered by the PerimeterX research team, where attackers infiltrated digital services through Magento-based applications.