Author: dx3
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MAGENTO 2: A WORTHY UPGRADE
MAGENTO 2: A WORTHY UPGRADE 30 Apr 2018 Magento is the leading platform in eCommerce with estimates suggesting it is implemented in 1 in 4 online businesses. With the release of Magento 2 in 2015 the development team aimed to ensure its popularity as the leading eCommerce platform. Magento 2 has been developed from the […]
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PHISHING: SOCIAL ENGINEERING
Security: Phishing attacks. Site secured, a random generated login password, firewall in place and even a Web Application Firewall installed, security all taken care of. All except one other factor phishing. Phishing The fraudulent practice of sending emails purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as […]
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MAGENTO 2 – PHP 7.0/7.1 PERFORMANCE
Magento 2: PHP 7.0 / 7.1 Here at DX3Webs we focus on providing the best hardware setup giving you the ideal platform to meet your needs. With a focus on the speed of your site our servers are high specification to enable a quick responsive experience for the end user. Carefully chosen hardware can only […]
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VARNISH CACHE
What is Varnish Cache Varnish Cache is a web application accelerator also known as a caching HTTP reverse proxy. It is installed in front of any server that speaks HTTP and configured to cache the contents. The user puts in a request which first goes to the Varnish server and if no cache exists would […]
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WEB APPLICATION FIREWALL
Security, security, security As covered in our recent blog online security is more important than ever. When running a bricks and mortar shop you would know to never leave the shop unattended, to lock the door and drop the shutters on a night and set the alarm. Online shops are the same and although the various forms […]
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ECOMMERCE AND SECURITY
The figures speak for themselves: 78% of ecommerce websites are at risk of breach according to 60,000 scans on Magento sites carried out using Foregenix handy scan your website tool. The 78% of sites are missing critical patches where 5% are confirmed to have “harvesting malware stealing their customer details” according to the article. DATA breaches are nothing new […]
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SAYING GOODYE TO TLS 1.0.. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO YOU?
The PCI council has stated that by the 30 June 2018 all SSL/early TLS encryption protocols should be disabled in favour of TLS 1.1 or higher (TLS v1.2 is soon to be mandated by most payment gateways) in order to meet the PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) for safeguarding payment data. Please note that […]
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EBIZMARTS DIRECT PAYMENT INTEGRATION TO BE DISABLED.
To improve the security of our clients and their end users we have decided to actively disable the Direct payment method provided by the Ebizmarts Sagepay suite. The Ebizmarts Sagepay suite, both the free and the Commercial version is a popular Payment Method for many magento merchants. It offers 3 methods of accepting payment methods. Form. This […]
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ECOMMERCE: THE EVOLUTION OF SHOPPERS HABITS
Black Friday and the long-term change in shoppers habits Barclay Card, who currently process nearly half of all UK debit and credit card transactions, stated there was a rise of 8% on 2016 spending during Black Friday. What these figure don’t show is a continuing shift in customers shopping habits with a decrease in people […]
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SUPEE-10570: MAGENTO SECURITY UPDATE
SUPEE-10570, Magento Commerce 1.14.3.8 and Open Source 1.9.3.8 contain multiple security enhancements that help close remote code execution (RCE), cross-site scripting (XSS, and other issues). These releases also include small functional fixes listed in the release notes. Information on all the changes in 1.14.3.8 and 1.9.3.8 releases is available in the Magento Commerce and Magento Open Source release notes. […]
