To truly understand the Magecart skimming groups that have become a mainstay of the e-commerce threat landscape, you have to understand the tools of the trade. The Inter Skimmer kit is one of today's most common digital skimming solutions globally. However, a hallmark of widely used skimmers is their propensity to evolve as more actors use and tweak them to suit their unique needs and purposes.
Several different actors have used the Inter kit to steal payment data since late 2018. It affects thousands of sites and likely thousands of consumers, and RiskIQ continues to see new iterations of Inter in our Internet Intelligence Graph. One of these that should be firmly on the radar of security teams monitoring their organization's web assets is MobileInter, a modified and expanded take on Inter skimmer code that focuses exclusively on mobile users.
With nearly three out of every four dollars spent online done via a mobile device, it's no wonder Magecart operators are looking to target this lucrative landscape. RiskIQ researchers have analyzed this newer model to determine its functionality, prevalence, and links to other skimmer activity.
MobileInter: What's New?
A new modified version of Inter—the precursor to MobileInter—was first reported in March 2020. Since then, Magecart operators have altered it even more. MobileInter, first reported in April 2021, focuses solely on mobile users and targets login credentials and payment data.
What else is new?
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