An ever-growing range of information security threats exist that can lead to a range of devastating consequences for organizations, such as: compliance issues associated with the loss of sensitive data. severely damaged reputations as a result of information loss or theft. high costs—the average data breach costs $3.86 million according to an IBM-backed 2018 study conducted by the Ponemon Institute.…
OpenCart, Magento and Prestashop are free and open source solutions for managing e-commerce operations. Whether you are a startup or an established brand, with its 13000+ modules, OpenCart has something for everyone. Also, OpenCart is constantly trying to increase the client experience and has even partnered on a pilot project with Google. However, popularity also attracts some unwanted attention of…
We use Content Management Systems like Magento, Prestashop and OpenCart to create and design web pages. However, designing a web page is not enough. It is also important that people actually visit our websites. Nowadays people use Search Engines like Google to look up content and go about their daily needs on the Internet. In order to increase our visibility in…
What is Magento Hacked Redirect? Magento hacked redirect in simple terms is a small code added to a Magento website in order to redirect the users to one or more target websites. This is usually done for the purpose of generating advertising impressions. But, it can also result in losing financial details, personal information and so on. You might find…
Magento is quite popular among the business community. This can be traced back to its open source origins. Magento was aimed towards easing the process of managing and creating a store. Being open source it uses MySql or MariaDB for data storage and management. On daily basis hear news of Credit card theft scam, Cryptojacking and SEO spam. Magento security audit…
BlackFriday sales have been a huge hit online. There has been a 21.6% year on year growth in buying during blackfriday with sales estimated to be worth $3.34 billion! With the buying going online, there has been an increase in hacks also. Hackers target your website or app with the sole motive of compromising your customers for financial gains. What's…
Magento is a powerful e-commerce platform that has everything your business needs. It’s even touted as the most flexible and capable platform in the market today. Unfortunately, that doesn’t make it immune to cyber-attacks that can compromise the growth and stability of your business. As a matter of fact, evidence suggests Magento websites—given the scale of businesses that use it—are…
How to Prevent Magento Malware Injection? Magento, while being one of the most favored e-commerce platforms, has also witnessed a steep rise in malware attacks. E-commerce platforms are a goldmine for malicious actors to harvest lucrative credit card and personal information from online transactions. While Magento owes to its popularity to strict security practices, a timely update of system core and immediate…
Magento is one of the market leaders in the eCommerce, Open-Source platform in today’s times Written in PHP. It is capable of all the essential features needed for a leading eCommerce Store, It's easy to design and develop too. Since it's a popular CMS Security is one of the factors that are to be considered in the long run. Although, Magento…
What is Crypto Mining Malware (CoinHive Javascript)? How are you affected? CoinHive is an online service which provides cryptocurrency miners (crypto mining malware) that can be installed on websites using JavaScript. The JavaScript miner runs in the browser of the website visitors and mines coins on the Monero blockchain. It is promoted as an alternative to placing advertising on the website.…
