Scammers and card-stealing cybercriminals are targeting online bargain hunters with a vicious one-two punch.
Share to twitterThere was no shortage of deals to be found online last week. Some were offered up by stores and brands you know and trust — others by criminals looking to make a quick buck.Counterfeit shopping sites are constantly popping up on the Internet, promising bargains that appear too good to be true. The unlucky ones who complete a transaction soon learn the error of their ways. The products they receive rarely match up with what was ordered... if anything ever arrives at all.
Malwarebytes believes that automated hacking tools sought out vulnerable installations and then injected the card-skimming code. While the report doesn’t provide an exact number, the company’s researchers found this code onBetween the time of publication and now the numbers may have changed dramatically, of course. Scammers are constantly cobbling together new sites and shutting down others in a continuing effort to rake in profits while avoiding detection.
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