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Infowars Store Affected by Magecart Credit Card Stealing Hack

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Magecart credit card skimming attack Ever wondered what it takes to get scammed @ Infowars store? Nothing! Absolutely Nothing! Customers facing Scams is an everyday facade here! A recently discovered attack at Infowars web site involves a new tactic. A malware embedded in the conspiracy site’s checkout process records customer’s credit card details and transmits them to threat actor’s remote servers. In today’s golden age of online shopping, people usually prefer to receive products at their doorsteps by punching in credit card details in ecommerce websites. Threat actors leverage this lucrative opportunity to yank the chain of innocent consumers by unethical means. Consumers remain unaware of the fact that the well-known & vetted websites that they blindly rely on can swindle them of their hard earned money. What is Magecart? Attacks on websites with the purpose of stealing user financial details are not new. Magecart credit card skimming attack has been recent...

Yet another fraud: McAfee Tech Support Scam

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Another Tech Support Scam associated with McAfee was reported last week after a user was asked to provide his credit card details & personal information to renew the anti-virus subscription. The scammers aim of stealing user’s sensitive information & earning illicit commissions on the subscription purchase. Tech Support Scams refers to communication frauds wherein a scammer claims to offer a licit technical support service & use scare tricks to make victims pay for unnecessary technical support services like fixing a manipulated device, platform, or antivirus problems. How a Tech Support Scam works? In the event, scammers call the victims & claim to be technical experts or representatives of the renowned companies like Apple or Microsoft. Other scammers bombard the victim’s screen with pop-up warnings of a detected virus or malware. After earning the trust of innocent users, they ask the users to install certain applications that provide them remote access to u...