IT Security Guru

OCTOBER 21, 2021

APIs may be leveraged to quickly authenticate users who log in to websites using their social media profiles, for example. APIs also protect sensitive payment details by allowing users to pay for products online without exposing any sensitive financial data to the eCommerce shop through the use of trusted third-party payment processing.

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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. From there, they can exploit vulnerabilities and poor authentication practices. We've seen it before: cybercriminals will always exploit a bad situation.

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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. WordPress Plugin Facebook Widget affected by authenticated XSS. Hacking eCommerce sites based on OXID eShop by chaining 2 flaws. Facebook deleted Russia-Linked efforts focusing on Ukraine ahead of the election. Cisco to pay $8.6

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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. These are: Enabling strong mutual authentication between connected devices and applications. Threats and Vulnerabilities.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

This type of attack results in an attacker taking advantage of improperly formatted code and retrieving valuable information from the database without ever needing to authenticate or login. Ultimately, if a malicious actor is specifically targeting data stored within a database, the attack vector of choice is a SQL injection attack.

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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.

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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. Maintain detailed audit logs of all access requests, file views, modifications, and administrative actions on media platforms.

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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. It representsSSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption protecting shopping websites. In 2021, online holiday sales reached $211.41 billion , a 2.5% Is Online Shopping Safe?

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

And this often happens when the hacker, the so-called threat actor, starts encrypting the computer systems. Encrypting computer systems can bring business operations to a standstill, partially because attacks usually occur when the company is least ready to respond e.g., at Christmas, during the summer, and on weekends.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

This is the base-level SSL certificate that offer encryption of server-browser communication only. They are good for sites where trust and credibility are less important and only need encryption for logins, forms or other non-transactional data. But it does far more than just protect ecommerce transactions!

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Events like this Marriott Starwood breach underscore the sheer folly of continued reliance on outdated security methods such as using PII in authentication, given the sheer proliferation of stolen and leaked PII now available on the Dark Web. How could a breach like this continue for four years?

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 19, 2022

But this method of authentication is flawed; either hashed or hashed and salted, usernames and passwords can still be stolen and reused. Vamosi: Identity -- I’m talking specifically about authentication and to some degree its follow-on authorization -- is one of the most important, yet least talked about aspects of security.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 21, 2022

Selecting a cloud vendor to help host your identity-related functions — such as user authentication, authorization, single sign-on, federation, and identity management — can be a business booster and a way to streamline efficiencies. It should enable self-service flows, such as password resets, forgotten usernames, and preferences.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Cyber attacks nowadays do not often come from ingenious ‘hackers’ in dark rooms, they’re often the result of an employee reusing the same password, or businesses not implementing basic practices such as multi-factor authentication. The global pandemic has kept people home, and so many consumers have entered the world of eCommerce.

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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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