In case you don’t know, SUPEE-5344 is an official security patch to the infamous Magento shoplift bug. That bug allows bad actors to obtain admin access to vulnerable Magento sites. While the patch was released February 2015 many sites unfortunately did not update, this gave hackers an opportunity to compromise thousands of Magento powered online stores. The anatomy of theRead […]
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CloudFlare is now PCI 3.1 certified
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a global financial information security standard that keeps credit card holders safe. It ensures that any company processing credit card transactions adheres to the highest technical standards. PCI certification has several levels. Level one (the highest level) is reserved for those companies that handle the […]
Impacts of a Hack on a Magento Ecommerce Website
Recently we wrote about the impacts of a hacked website and how it is important to give website visitors a safe online experience In this post, I’ll show you how a hacked website results in almost immediate loss of money. We are not talking about drive-by infections that can be prevented by using a goodRead […]
Intro to E-Commerce and PCI Compliance – Part I
Have you ever heard of the term Payment Card Industry (PCI)? Specifically, PCI compliance? If you have an e-commerce website, you probably have already heard about it. But do you really understand what it means for you and your online business? In this series, we will try to explain the PCI standard and how it […]
Heuristics and Rules: Why We Built a New Old WAF
We just rolled out an update to CloudFlare’s Web Application Firewall (WAF). Previously, CloudFlare’s WAF has received criticism from people who have tested it and found that it didn’t behave as traditional WAFs are expected to. That contrasted with the real world experience of users who saw our WAF virtually eliminate actual web threats. Seemingly […]
