The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Related: Uber hack shows DevOps risk. Hotels, hospitality companies, banks and eCommerce entities are all moving to newer ways to enable customers authenticate themselves across channels, without requiring any PII. Here’s a roundup of reaction from cybersecurity thought leaders: Gary Roboff, Senior Advisor, the Santa Fe Group: Roboff.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2019

Sonicwall warns of a spike in the number of attacks involving encrypted malware and IoT malware. Critical zero-days discovered in VxWorks RTOS, billions of devices at risk. Hacking eCommerce sites based on OXID eShop by chaining 2 flaws. WordPress Plugin Facebook Widget affected by authenticated XSS. Cisco to pay $8.6

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Transmission interception : Media files shared across the internet or company intranets may be intercepted or copied during transmission, particularly if the networks are not encrypted with sufficient protocols. Logs should be monitored regularly by appointed IT professionals for anomalies.

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IT Security Guru

OCTOBER 21, 2021

While APIs help businesses accomplish many strategic and operational goals, simplify software development and improve user experience, they are not without risks. Part of API security is discovering APIs that fall within this category and properly managing them to mitigate risk. APIs are Used for Communication and Data Transfer.

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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Thanks to the application of advanced math and science, Public Key Cryptography was used to develop a means of securing ecommerce over the internet. Then, in turn, they can digitally sign that message and use that secret to set up an encrypted session to send it back and then both parties can communicate bidirectionally securely.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 15, 2024

Whether it’s social channels like Instagram or TikTok, or healthcare eCommerce platforms such as online pharmacies, these platforms can hold a ton of sensitive patient data, so ensuring it's locked up tight is absolutely essential for companies and digital marketing agencies. “We

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Losing control of risk. In yet another recent cutting-edge attack, cyber criminals targeted smaller online retailers with stealthy malware, dubbed CartThief, designed to exploit websites using the open-source Magento ecommerce platform.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

As Covid pushed the pendulum ever closer to ecommerce supremacy, more people are shopping online in 2022 than ever before, with the usual holiday spike already upon us. That means more people unaware of the risks online shopping presents (other than overspending). In 2021, online holiday sales reached $211.41 billion , a 2.5%

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

However, users must be mindful and methodical when setting up, for example, an eCommerce site in WordPress; it's wise to look beyond the real-world SEO benefits and design flexibility and consider factors like data integrity and security. Schedule daily backups to create multiple restore points. Store backups externally from your web servers.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 14, 2022

The risks are high as it’s a new, loosely regulated industry with many new technologies that may not be fully vetted or secured.”. Our post-deployment monitoring tools such as Skynet keep a watchful eye on projects once they’re released into the wild, ensuring that potential risks are picked up on as quickly as possible.”.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 22, 2020

A sharp increase in technological reliance, be it through eCommerce or remote work, heightens the risk of cyber threats. We've seen it before: cybercriminals will always exploit a bad situation. And COVID-19 created a perfect storm of "bad situations" for cybersecurity.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 22, 2019

In yet another recent cutting-edge attack, cybercriminals targeted smaller online retailers with stealthy malware, dubbed CartThief , designed to exploit websites using the open-source Magento ecommerce platform. They can reduce your risk, but they can also degrade your user-experience below your tolerance level.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 12, 2018

The use of IoT technologies holds enormous potential in practically every segment of human enterprise – government, banking and finance, healthcare, retail, agriculture, and ecommerce to name a few. Employing asymmetric cryptography, PKIs manage the key pairs used for signing and encrypting data.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

However, SMB websites won’t face less risk — they’ll actually face different types of threats as cybercriminals adapt their methods. Noisy Cybersecurity Risks for SMBs. Stealthy Cybersecurity Risks for SMBs. Likewise, as user awareness grows, cybercriminals are also moving away from noisy attacks. Start with these four tips: 1.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

An ecommerce platform or plugin if you will need the ability to conduct transactions online directly from your site. An SSL certificate to encrypt customer-entered data. A website, which you can build with a site builder like Wix or a content management system (CMS) like WordPress. A web application firewall (WAF) to keep hackers out.

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Marketing eCommerce Internet Internet 98

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

However, this convenience also brings a great deal of risk. A recent SiteLock statistic shows eCommerce websites are 1.5 Look for the “https” or “shttp” at the beginning of web addresses or the closed padlock to signify an encrypted website. times more likely to be compromised than the average website.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

failing to regularly update your theme, plugin, and core files is a huge security risk. The more administrators a site has, the greater the risk of an attacker executing a brute force attack to compromise the valuable contents within a database. There are quite a few attack vectors available to breach a database. SSL Certificates.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Ensure data confidentiality and integrity with robust encryption algorithms to protect information transmitted between browsers and website servers. Ecommerce sites may require a higher level of trust and security provided by OV or EV certificates, which requires more rigorous validation.  the owner's name and contact details.)

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

This may depend on the type of website you own – if you run an eCommerce site, you’ll need to secure credit card numbers, while forums and customer portals should protect their users’ login credentials. Always encrypt the data using strong algorithms, and ensure your website application uses hashing for stored passwords.

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PCI perspectives

AUGUST 5, 2021

PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) and the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) recently released a joint industry threat bulletin highlighting the importance of properly scoping cloud environments. In this blog, the PCI SSC and CSA share guidance and best practices for properly scoping cloud environments.

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PCI perspectives

DECEMBER 15, 2021

In the eighteen months plus since the outbreak of the COVID-19 global pandemic many businesses have had to reinvent themselves and adapt not only how they manage their business, but more importantly how they accept payments. Europe like most of the rest of the world saw a major switch to remote transactions and the world of e-commerce.

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Centraleyes

MAY 20, 2024

IAM evaluations are required because data is continuously at risk. Prioritizing critical tasks: Different assets and users have different risks. These accounts pose the greatest security risk, giving users the most flexibility on the network. PCI-DSS is also relevant to eCommerce enterprises that handle payment card data.

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PCI perspectives

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

In this blog we explore the challenges around security of payment data during the hectic holiday season and provide tips and best practices to help retailers better secure their payment data.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

However, your website and your business are put at risk every day by an unseen threat : cyberattacks. This means that sensitive information, like login credentials or credit card numbers, is encrypted as it passes between the website and its server. Most certificate providers offer trust seals that you can display on your site.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

Not only do I get a much faster time to market, I don’t have to worry about rolling my own encryption. Really, never roll your own encryption. SSH or Secure Shell is an encrypted connection over Port 22. My job as an IT manager is to minimize the risk and put out fires.” Just don’t.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

Not only do I get a much faster time to market, I don’t have to worry about rolling my own encryption. Really, never roll your own encryption. SSH or Secure Shell is an encrypted connection over Port 22. My job as an IT manager is to minimize the risk and put out fires.” Just don’t.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 19, 2022

So um, yeah, is up sometimes risk of falling into a black hole of, of doom, know that there's a lack of ownership. Vamosi: In the 1970s, while working for Bell Labs, Robert Morris Sr came up with the idea of a one way algorithm, a means of encryption that can’t easily be decrypted. Vamosi: So let’s define some terms.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Hojjati outlined how digital certificates – and the long-establish public key infrastructure (PKI) encryption and authentication framework — could be the very thing to validate the identities of both companies and individuals in a much more granular way, something that will be needed as blockchain systems take root.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

“The security risks of remote working have been well documented. The simplest way we can do this is by developing good daily routines that work to manage the most common cybersecurity risks facing our organisations. The global pandemic has kept people home, and so many consumers have entered the world of eCommerce.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Conti is one of the gangs that, besides encrypting files, exfiltrate data from the compromised systems. WE WERE ABLE TO REBUILD AND RESTART OUR SYSTEMS WITHIN DAYS TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE EFFECTIVELY AND ALL OUR SHOPS AND ECOMMERCE PLATFORM WERE UNAFFECTED AND CONTINUED TO OPERATE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION.“. The investigation. What’s next?

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