The State of Security

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Every website on the Internet is somewhat vulnerable to security attacks. Whether you run an eCommerce project or a simple small business website, the risk […]… Read More. The threats range from human errors to sophisticated attacks by coordinated cyber criminals.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 29, 2021

With regular news stories about companies being hacked, database breaches, internet-breaking vulnerabilities and online credit card theft, web users are justifiably anxious about making online purchases for fear that their personal information will be compromised by attackers. But where does legitimate concern end and outright paranoia begin?

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 15, 2021

As the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a massive shift in internet usage, cybercriminals quickly pounced, launching more than 10 million distributed denial-of-service (DDoS ) attacks aimed at crippling targets with a heavy reliance on online services. To read this article in full, please click here

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 26, 2021

PKI and digital certificates were pivotal in the formation of the commercial Internet, maturing in parallel with ecommerce. It’s a certainty that PKI and digital certificates will remain deeply engrained in every aspect of our Internet-driven services, going forward. Related: A primer on advanced digital signatures.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Julierandallphoto-dot-com is now one of hundreds of fake ecommerce sites set up to steal credit card details. A review of the neighboring domains that reside at Internet addresses adjacent to julierandallphoto-dot-com ( 196.196.152/153.x These latter two organizations provide automated reporting to affected organizations.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

eCommerce security company Sansec has revealed it's found a number of online stores accidentally leaking highly sensitive data. Start checking if backup files are open to the public internet and, if they are, close them immediately, and investigate the store for any signs of compromise. Run an eCommerce malware scanner.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The six-month operation (July-December 2023) targeted organizations involved in seven types of online scams: business email compromise (BEC), ecommerce fraud, investment fraud, voice phishing , money laundering associated with illegal online gambling, romance scams , and online sextortion schemes.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

This time of year, it’s more important than ever that ecommerce businesses make cybersecurity a top priority in order to protect their website, customers, and bottom line. For most ecommerce businesses, especially smaller ones, Black Friday jumpstarts the ultimate money-making time of year. Holiday Shopping Revenue Reaches New Heights.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Formed as an informal industry working group in 2005, the OTA is a charitable organization dedicated to enhancing online trust and empowering users, while also promoting innovation and the vitality of the internet. It is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, with offices in Washington, D.C.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 28, 2022

SSL and its descendent, TLS, are protocols that encrypt internet traffic, making secure internet communication and ecommerce possible. The decades-long history of these protocols has been marked by continuous updates that aim to keep pace with increasingly sophisticated attackers. The next major version of the protocol, TLS 1.3,

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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Background This problem really came to a head when the internet rapidly grew from a government project to a major medium for electronic commercial transactions. Thanks to the application of advanced math and science, Public Key Cryptography was used to develop a means of securing ecommerce over the internet.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Google, Facebook and Amazon have gotten filthy rich doing one thing extremely well: fixating on every move each one of us makes when we use our Internet-connected computing devices. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. (

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

The NCSC is rightly concerned that with record amounts of money expected to slosh about on the Internet in the next few days, cybercriminals will be hard at work, spoiling everyone’s fun. What really matters is whether or not ecommerce sites are patched promptly when fixes for vulnerabilities are made available.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

WooConf is an event focused on online storeowners and developers that use the eCommerce solution WooCommerce. If you’re in eCommerce and you don’t know what WooCommerce is, you should! This year’s conference brought more than 30 top-tier presenters from the space to share their expertise and experience.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 31, 2023

I am delighted to share that I have recently embarked on a new chapter in my professional journey as the Senior Vice President of Partner and eCommerce Sales at Sectigo. As the Senior Vice President of Partner and eCommerce Sales, I am excited about the role I will play in nurturing and scaling Sectigo's partner relationships.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

With cyberattacks and data breaches on the rise, it's become especially important for brands to ensure their assets are sufficiently safeguarded, particularly as more of their infrastructure migrates to support remote systems to cloud-based platforms and their services become more reliant on the internet.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 22, 2019

Malicious online ads have surged and retreated in cycles since the earliest days of the Internet. 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. Talk more soon.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

With so many of us relying on the internet now for delivery of food, medicine and other services, starting your own online business from home may be the right solution to help generate income. To build a fully functional website, you’ll need: A web hosting service that hosts your website, enabling it to be viewable on the internet.

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PCI perspectives

MAY 11, 2021

On this blog, we discuss the challenges of e-commerce on payment security in Brazil with Carlos Caetano, Associate Regional Director, Brazil for the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) and Gerson Rolim, Antifraud and Internet Payments Steering Committees Coordinator, Camara-e.net.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

By extension, the most popular ecommerce platform in the world is WooCommerce, a plugin that turns a WordPress website into an online shop. Attackers are always aware of the latest vulnerabilities and will scan the Internet for unpatched sites to hijack, sometimes within hours of a patch being made available. Speed is important.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 14, 2022

His premise was that the current version of the Internet – of Web2 – was mostly centralized. In the early days of ecommerce during the mid-1990s, there were many problems with security. Gavin Wood, who is a cofounder of Ethereum, coined (pardon the pun) the term Web3 in 2014 (although, at the time he referred to it as “Web 3.0”).

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Today, security requirements have shifted dramatically, with many companies deploying a hybrid or remote work model because of the pandemic—and a broad and ongoing shift to cloud and ecommerce. The enterprise perimeter has been obliterated.

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Herjavec Group

MARCH 24, 2022

Internet-facing architecture that is being ASV scanned has grown more complex over the last years with the implementation of HTTPS load balancers, web application firewalls, deep packet inspection capable intrusion detection/prevention (IDS/IPS) systems, and next-gen firewalls. Ensure that all of the above that do remain in web page *.html

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 6, 2022

It can be: Network – internet-based remote threat, perhaps from the most innocuous source, eg a free image service. . Threats should be dealt with in this order: Priority 1 : Internet services and standard web applications that have vulnerabilities that are open to attack with no user interaction. . Attack Vector Filter.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

For Conway-Williams, the defaced website was not an eCommerce or large business website, in fact, the website owners did not even know about the defacement until Conway-Williams contacted them. Regardless of whether your website is a personal blog, a small eCommerce site, or a corporate business, you are at risk of a cyber attack.

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Hacker Combat

JULY 27, 2020

Every day on popular eCommerce sites, millions upon millions of people are entering valuable information. While it’s a sad fact online cyber-attacks may never truly go away, we can rest assured that businesses have a wide variety of tools at their disposal to make the internet and their marketplaces safe for all users.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 20, 2021

In its post today, the Kasada Threat Intelligence team shares trends and key insights based on its customers’ eCommerce traffic this holiday season. Kasada currently protects more than $20 billion in eCommerce traffic annually, $10 billion in gift cards, and hundreds of millions of account logins. About Kasada.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 11, 2022

They know that it’s got something to do with the impact a person’s identity has on the internet. After all, if a retail business owner is searching for a system that can help with ecommerce, they’re not going to be much interested in a retail IT solution that nobody knows. By Gerard D’Onofrio, Country Manager, Dialpad Australia.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Hundreds of millions of websites on the internet today rely on the content management system WordPress. 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.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

SSL was once only for ecommerce sites, with many sites only using it during the checkout process to ensure a secure encryption and transfer of payment information. Additionally, if you have an ecommerce site, a properly configured SSL certificate and HTTPS is required to pass PCI compliance screening.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 30, 2021

DDoS attacks are often executed using botnets – global networks of Internet-connected, malware-infected devices controlled by hackers. Loss of revenue – Unplanned service downtime often results in loss of revenue, especially for organizations who monetize through eCommerce or digital advertisement.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

With the growing popularity of the Internet over the past decade, the retail holiday Cyber Monday debuted in 2005 as the online version of Black Friday. If you’re the owner of an eCommerce website, it’s important to stay proactive about protecting your online reputation. billion online on the Monday after Thanksgiving. 25% of U.S.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Over the past decade, WordPress has become a powerhouse platform, running more than 25 percent of the internet. From highly interactive user experiences to eCommerce merchandise sales—you name it, WordPress can do it. Once upon a time, when you heard the name “WordPress” you thought of blogs and family reunion websites.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 12, 2018

The Internet of Things (IoT) is very crowded. billion devices will be connected to the Internet by 2020 2. 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.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Cybercriminals create specialized tools that scour the internet for certain platforms, like WordPress or Joomla, looking for common and publicized vulnerabilities. These types of attacks are particularly vexing for ecommerce and banking sites where attackers can gain access to sensitive financial information.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Internet of Things (IoT) devices will be a cybercriminal’s “fifth column” in 2020. Update your CMS core files, ecommerce platforms, and plugins to protect your website and visitors from cross-site scripting attacks. Regulations such as this are a big win for consumers, and it’s likely to inspire action from the rest of the U.S.

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Duo's Security Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

It is behind the widescale growth of ecommerce on the internet. WebAuthn is a different protocol with a different purpose but uses that Public Key Cryptography concept to setup and share encrypted messages between two points over the internet. Public key cryptography The concept behind WebAuthn is not new. What is WebAuthn?

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