Let us start with understanding eCommerce security. It is basically a set of rules which allow safe and seamless transactions to take place on the internet. Among them are protocols and solutions implemented to protect sales of goods online on any eCommerce website.
The right eCommerce security measures to raise consumer confidence do by protecting consumer information (particularly Personal Identifiable Information aka PII). Such is often share during transactions thus raising their trust in that online store. This drives long term sales in the right direction.
Fraud in eCommerce has risen by 18%
Research indicates that in the past year, fraud in eCommerce rose by around 18 percent. This has raised the value of losses from USD 17.5 billion last year to more than USD$ 20 billion today. Clearly, such a rise led online retailers of various sizes and industries to evaluate any risks and vulnerabilities they were facing.
However, a lot of companies lack the time and resources for finding out, developing and implementing the needed security fixes before the holiday shopping seasons starts. This is a sign of concern for almost everyone.
How can Runtime Protection help eCommerce firms encounter the top eCommerce threats and mitigate them?
Industry professionals say that a large part of such scams can be point towards cyberattacks. For firms that are looking to make sure they are safe, here are some descriptions of threats encounter and some solutions based on Runtime Protection security policies (RASP) keeping eCommerce websites safe.
Third party software and supply chain conundrums
Around 70 percent of modern apps have third party libraries, software or plug-ins. These things create a whole new chain of code companies are accustome to these days. However, once hackers discover this code, they will use it to create malicious plug-ins and software, secretly embedding trojans and viruses in business networks, especially the supply chain.
This is by default distribute automatically through trusted sources. Spyware, malware, viruses, ransomware and trojans are part of infected third-party code. This causes further damage when injected into confidential sources.
Here are some suggestions put forward by experts working at a well-known DDoS Protection Service provider in New York:
The RASP should be to the track application dependencies. This option checks and reports any and all 3rd party vendor software being load into memory within the application. Scanning intervals for initial and consequent scanning should be confirm too.
The RASP Networking Activity module should be activate and tuned as per the company’s needs. This offers protection against networking activity which is unauthorized. Additional settings are provide to limit network protection to activities coming from a HTTP request. Moreover, an allow list for trusted TCP/IP hosts and endpoints make too.
SQL Injection (SQLi) vulnerability and its solution
Attackers are constantly looking for certian kind of loopholes especially SQL injections (SQLi). Usually, eCommerce sites fall victim to it thanks to the search features and capabilities offered to consumers. This do so they can find the need products or services. When a product name is enter by users in the search feature for searching, the search term goes to the database for matching results to come on the web page.
However, hackers use SQLi repeatedly to attempt sending database queries to uncover data charts, customer information, and other secret information. This constitutes a large scale data leak.
Here is one way to protect eCommerce websites from SQLi vulnerability. Activating the RASP SQLi module can prevent SQLi attacks of all kinds, especially the ones coming from other APIs, RSS feeds, partner apps or synthetic queries submitted.
Battling vulnerabilities in cross-site scripting (XSS)
Hackers are usually checking web apps to see if there are any loopholes and vulnerabilities in cross-site scripting (XSS). They even use multiple methods and strategies to look for them, which can have a negative effect on eCommerce websites. There are similarities between XSS (content injection) and SQLi, but differences exist too. Instead of the back-end being exploited for extracting confidential data, XSS attacks the front-end. This changes how consumers interact with online stores and other websites.
For instance, XSS can be used for taking over product links. This sends unsuspecting consumers to an unauthorized site, where under the guise of shopping, their information is stolen and they are swindled. Loss of revenue, loss of consumer trust and breach of consumer safety is hence the end result.
There is a way to solve this vulnerability. It involves activation of the RASP Content Injection (XSS) module. It helps in effective analysis of codes which are coming in for content injection, like XML, JSON, HTML and JavaScript.