Recent scams targeting online shoppers have surged, including impersonation of support teams and fake delivery alerts. A third-party vendor’s dashboard vulnerability exposed sensitive data of over 375,000 customers. CloudSEK’s SVigil averted potential fraud during peak sales. (Affected: e-commerce sector, online shoppers)
Keypoints :
- Increase in scams related to online shopping.
- Fraudsters impersonating support teams and sending fake alerts.
- Critical supply chain vulnerability exposed sensitive customer data.
- SVigil identified a misconfigured, unauthenticated dashboard of a third-party vendor.
- High volume of live order activities potentially accessible by anyone online.
- Data exposed included customer PII and operational metrics.
- Had the vulnerability gone undetected, it could have resulted in severe consequences.
- Recommendations include restricting access and monitoring dashboard activities.
MITRE Techniques :
- TA0002: Initial Access – Exploiting misconfigured dashboards to gain entry without authentication.
- TA0001: Execution – Real-time job payloads executing code without proper access controls.
- TA0006: Credential Access – Unauthorized access to sensitive session tokens and purchase information.
- TA0008: Impact – Data theft leading to operational sabotage and brand reputation damage.
Indicator of Compromise :
- The article notes the presence of an unauthenticated dashboard, a clear indicator of misconfiguration.
- Exposed real-time job data included customer names, emails, and shipping addresses, indicating sensitivity of data compromised.
- Session tokens and refund metadata were potentially accessible, indicating previous transaction activities.
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