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You may be familiar with web card skimming, where a fraudster replaces the payment iframe on an ecommerce site with a fake version designed to intercept payment details or divert a transaction. However, there’s another variation that, while not new, is something we encounter far less often. It was highlighted this week during a call from an ecommerce vendor: redirection fraud. In this scenario, the attack starts much earlier in the customer journey.

Yesterday (5 August), the WooCommerce team urged store owners to immediately update the WooCommerce Stripe Gateway following the discovery of a critical security vulnerability in the Stripe for WooCommerce plugin. This is the second urgent security update in less than 30 days, with the previous advisory issued on 14 July. It serves as another reminder that cyber threats evolve quickly, and delaying updates can leave your online store exposed. The lesson isn’t limited to WooCommerce.