Credit card theft campaign abuses Stripe to host stolen payment info

Summary

A new Magecart campaign is leveraging Stripe's API infrastructure to host malicious code and exfiltrate stolen credit card data from compromised checkout pages. This campaign highlights how threat actors are finding innovative ways to abuse legitimate services for their illicit activities.

IFF Assessment

FOE

This campaign represents a sophisticated attack method, making it harder for defenders to detect and block malicious activity by abusing a trusted payment processing service.

Defender Context

Defenders should be aware of threat actors abusing legitimate platforms like Stripe for hosting malicious payloads. This requires enhanced monitoring of network traffic and data flows, looking for anomalies that might indicate such abuse, even when originating from trusted services.

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