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What is e-skimming?

Skimming online customer payment info from website checkout forms. Cyber criminals introduce skimming code on e-commerce payment card processing web pages to capture credit card and personally identifiable information (PII) and send the stolen data to a domain under their control. The malicious code captures credit card data as the end user enters it in […]

E-skimming attacks on the rise as peak online shopping season begins

With the holidays right around the corner, online shopping is poised for a record-breaking season in 2019. Emarketer predicts that consumers will spend over $135 billion this upcoming holiday season. The e-commerce boom precipitated a new cybersecurity threat known as e-skimming, which involves the theft of consumer payment information from online stores. If you’re thinking […]