Hackers love the holidays: How to keep your site secure – Modwest December 2010 Newsletter

The holidays are tempting times for thieves to hack into unsecured sites, especially e-commerce sites that store customer credit cards. Knowing the term ‘perfect software’ is an oxymoron, hackers probe websites for vulnerabilities in order to find an unintentional back door into the web application or shopping cart being used.

Luckily, these vulnerabilities are usually discovered quickly and reported to the software vendor/developer who produced the package, and a security update or patch is released relatively quickly. The trick is that you, the site owner, need to be made aware of the update’s availability and apply it to the software.

Here’s a few links associated with some of the most popular shopping carts and web applications out there, that will help you stay informed:

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