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5 Ways to Protect Your Ecommerce Business

CyberSecurity Insiders

This portrays a grim picture for ecommerce businesses — filled with data breaches and irate customers. As per our research, here are five tried-and-tested techniques to protect your ecommerce digital business from dangerous online frauds. Create strong passwords. Share your online store’s policies and run a test payment.

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One in nine online stores are leaking your data, says study

Malwarebytes

eCommerce security company Sansec has revealed it's found a number of online stores accidentally leaking highly sensitive data. In a post , the researchers said: "We have observed automated attacks against online stores, where thousands of possible backup names are tried over the course of multiple weeks. Change all passwords.

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4 Easy Steps to Protect Your WordPress Site

SiteLock

Whether just taking the plunge into the WordPress wonderland to launch a personal blog or full-fledged ecommerce site, or you’ve been using WordPress for a while now, it was a good choice. Backup Your Files and Database. Use Strong Passwords. Use strong, non-dictionary passwords for the WordPress admin and database users.

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Why Would Someone Hack My Website?

SiteLock

An SSL can secure credit card transactions, usernames and passwords from being stolen by hackers. Luckily Howard kept frequent backups of the church’s website. Website attacks can destroy site content, so backups are crucial to recovering damage. Julia’s eCommerce Site Goes Down In Style.

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The OWASP Top 10: Sensitive Data Exposure

SiteLock

As the name suggests, sensitive data exposure occurs when an application or program, like a smartphone app or a browser, does not adequately protect information such as passwords, payment info, or health data. Always encrypt the data using strong algorithms, and ensure your website application uses hashing for stored passwords.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 229 – News of the week

Security Affairs

Magecart hackers compromise another 80 eCommerce sites. Foxit Software discloses a data breach that exposed user passwords. Ransomware attack hits DDS Safe backup service used by hundreds of dental offices. FIN6 recently expanded operations to target eCommerce sites.

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The 2019 Database Gold Rush

SiteLock

You are often required to provide your email address, date of birth, first and last name, and a password. In 2014 eBay announced that over 145 million users’ information had been stolen, including names, addresses, date of birth, and passwords. Now think about the type of data you enter when you create a new account on a website.

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