Is Your Website Safe? Inside the Magento Breach
By Justin | May 14, 2015 (7 min read)
The quick transition to mobile has had an effect on brick and mortar stores. Shops with a real map address are focusing their energies on electronic addresses with e-commerce shops ramping up and focusing on mobile platform ease of use. While statistics show that e-commerce is booming, the company’s need to keep their businesses safe and secure for its customers.
A vulnerability in the eBay owned e-commerce platform Magento was discovered by the research division of Check Point LTD. This vulnerability compromised 200,000 online stores, including large-scale businesses. To see a couple of businesses that use Magento, click here.
The breach has vulnerabilities that could be exploited to gain administrative logins, customer information, credit card information, and more. Vulnerabilities like these happen all the time, and monitoring your site and updating it with the newest upgrades is important to keep your site secure and working properly.
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