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Opencart Account Suspension: Causes and Fixes

Is your OpenCart account suspended? There can be many reasons due to which your host may suspend your OpenCart store. The most common of which include — policy violation, payment failure, malware attack, or spam on your site.

Astra Security

May 25

6 Critical Magento Security Threats You Should Keep An Eye For

Magento is the second most popular eCommerce platform globally. Unfortunately, it is also among the top three most attacked eCommerce platforms. Every day there are about fifty to sixty attacks on Magento stores. A lot of…

Astra Security

May 21

Fix Prestashop Hacked Redirect With This Step-By-Step Guide

How many times have you resorted to forums to get an answer for your redirecting PrestaShop store or any other hack? Hundreds of times? Maybe even more. Well, this has been the case for so long. PrestaShop users and store…

Astra Security

May 14

800,000 WordPress Websites Face Risk After This Popular Theme Is Attacked

Attacks on WordPress themes and plugins have only aggravated in the past few months. Adding to the list of attacked plugins and themes is the WordPress theme — Astra by Brainstorm Force. Over 800,000…

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May 13

Got a Magento Store To Secure? This Is What You Should Know

Over 12% of all e-commerce websites are built on Magento. Magento is a PHP-based open-source Content management system that attracts online merchants with its spectrum of features. At the time of writing this, Magento has…

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May 8

Elementor Pro and Ultimate Addons For Elementor Under Attack: Update Quickly

A massive attack campaign targeting two popular WordPress plugins — Elementor Pro and Ultimate Add-ons for Elementor has been identified. More than a million WordPress websites that have these…

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May 7

GoDaddy Data Breach: Around 28,000 Accounts Affected

GoDaddy is one of the leading domain registrars and web hosting companies. It currently caters to over 19 million customers. In a shocking data breach disclosure, GoDaddy confessed that the SSH credentials of approximately 28,000 GoDaddy…

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May 2

6 Steps To Prevent Brute-Force In Magento Stores

Brute force in Magento is becoming more common and most websites are vulnerable to this type of attack. It has become so common that hundreds of malicious login attempts are made on Magento websites throughout the day. There are instances where…

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Apr 19

All You Need to Know About Magento GDPR Cookie Consent

I’m sure you have all come across the term ‘Cookies’. I’m not talking about the edible ones only, but the browser cookies as well. Each time you open a new web page, the cookie consent pops up. In this post, we look at the definition…

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Apr 19

Country Blocking in Magneto Made Easy With These Steps

Country Blocking in the Magneto CMS is an essential feature that not all people are taking advantage of. Blocking a country where your site is not relevant can reduce the load on the servers, reduce the risk of cyber-attacks on Magento…