The Year in Web Threats: Web Skimmers Take Advantage of Cloud Hosting and More
Unit 42 analyzed 2.24 million web threat incidents, finding web skimmers increasingly hosted on cloud infrastructure to steal payment card data.
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- First seenAug 17, 2026
- Last mentionedAug 17, 2026
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3 articles · newest firstTrends in Web Threats: Old Web Skimmer Still Active Today
Unit 42 detected 577,000 landing URL incidents in Q1 2022, with an old web skimmer family still actively stealing payment card data.
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Trends in Web Threats in CY Q2 2022: Malicious JavaScript Downloaders Are Evolving
Unit 42 detected 751,000 landing URL incidents in Q2 2022 and documented malicious JavaScript downloaders evolving to evade detection.
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- Unit 42organization · 3
- Palo Alto Networksvendor · 3
- Advanced URL Filteringproduct · 3
- Advanced Threat Preventionproduct · 1
- JavaScript downloadersmalware · 1
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