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#8 The Hacker News general October 26, 2026 at 18:12 UTC

Hackers Infect 953 Online Stores With Scanner-Evading JavaScript, Mostly on Magento

By [email protected] (The Hacker News)

AI Summary

An unidentified threat actor has compromised 953 Magento-based online stores since July 2025 using scanner-evading JavaScript injected via CMS blocks, according to Dutch e-commerce security firm Sansec. The stealthy loader serves malicious JavaScript payloads only to visiting end users, making server-side detection difficult and enabling sustained skimming operations at scale.

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