There has been a HUGE 126% increase in eCommerce malware since January 2023 - yes, that's right - 126%. Is your online business exposed?
G'day folks! If your eCommerce website is on Magento, WordPress or OpenCart - this email is for you - it contains important guidance on how to reduce the risk of your online business getting targeted by cyber criminals. In our latest global eCommerce risk assessment we found 8,620 sites were compromised with skimmer or loader malware - actively stealing customer payment data from the victim sites. We have also seen a 126% increase (so far) in malware across the eCommerce sector since January 2023. Here's one of the simple, yet critically important security steps you can take to protect your business: Admin Login Pages - 16% of the hacked sites this month had exposed Admin login pages.
- This is really important, because if you have left your Admin login page in the default location, it is *very* simple for a criminal to find and launch a BRUTE FORCE ATTACK against your site.
Fixing this is simple and quick - here are a few examples of Youtube videos demonstrating how to make these changes for the most targeted platforms: | |