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Home > Cybersecurity > Hackers hide skimmer behind favicon

Hackers hide skimmer behind favicon

Malwarebytes Lab announced that they have discovered a use of an icon file to hide a web skimmer for a credit card skimming operation.


Erdem Yasar Erdem Yasar
May 8, 2020
1 min read
Hackers hide skimmer behind favicon

Malwarebytes Lab announced a new method they have discovered, a web skimmer can be hidden behind a favicon, an image file displayed on the browser’s tab. With this method, hackers aim to deceive online shoppers while staying under the radar from website administrators and security scanners.

No extra code

Malwarebytes Lab researchers noticed that the website used by the hackers is registered a few days ago and its server’s IP address was previously identified as malicious. Icons on the website are stolen from a legitimate site named iconarchive. Malwarebytes Lab stated that the images were properly formatted and no extra codes can be found inside.

But when visiting the checkout page, the server returns a JavaScript code, instead of serving a PNG image. It is loaded dynamically in the DOM to override the PayPal checkout option. The web skimmers primarily focus on credit card data, they typically also collect additional information such as the victim’s name, address, phone number, and email. Stolen data then sent to hackers after being encoded.

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Erdem Yasar

Erdem Yasar

Erdem Yasar is a news editor at Cloud7. Erdem started his career by writing video game reviews in 2007 for PC World magazine while he was studying computer engineering. In the following years, he focused on software development with various programming languages. After his graduation, he continued to work as an editor for several major tech-related websites and magazines. During the 2010s, Erdem Yasar shifted his focus to cloud computing, hosting, and data centers as they were becoming more popular topics in the tech industry. Erdem Yasar also worked with various industry-leading tech companies as a content creator by writing blog posts and other articles. Prior to his role at Cloud7, Erdem was the managing editor of T3 Magazine.

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