Magercart attacks

In September 2020, security problems occurred in Magento 1, as a result of which around two thousand online stores were attacked by Magecart. These attacks occur from time to time in online stores, where the infrastructure is broken into and a well-disguised skimmer is placed. By skimming sensitive information from the checkout pages, such as customer details, email addresses and payment information, these can be easily stolen by the attackers. These attacks were first discovered and investigated by Sansec Anti-Skimming Technologies.

In addition, after the vulnerability found on the checkout page, Magento 1 has become an attractive target for the hacker group "Magecart", as it is considered an outdated platform that no longer receives software updates. On June 30, 2020, Magento officially announced the end of life of Magento 1. After the end of support, online stores become a security risk as the new features such as bug fixes or security patches are no longer applied.Magento 1 merchants were officially recommended to upgrade their e-commerce platforms as soon as possible to protect their data against hacking attacks.

Around 200,000 companies still using Magento 1 need to take significant steps to upgrade their e-commerce systems. Is it worth continuing to develop Magento 1 stores or migrating to the latest version of Magento 2? Despite the development of migration tools and the advantages of Magento 2 as a more advanced e-commerce platform in terms of scalability and security, the process of moving to Magento 2 is not easy because it requires significant changes to both the front end of the website and the back end. Since upgrading to Magento 2 is costly and time-consuming, one can choose other alternatives, of which Shopware is our recommended highlight.In times of need, Shopware 6 can be offered as a flexible and cost-effective solution for Magento.

Launched in 2019 at the Shopware Community Day keynote, Shopware 6 is a new technological generation in the e-commerce world. Thanks to its security, integration and scaling capabilities, the new Shopware 6 technologies are rapidly changing our everyday lives and user behavior. In terms of store configuration, Shopware is a good and recommended way to be competitive in the market, as it offers a variety of configuration options that can be easily implemented and maintained in the future, such as:

• Multilingualism and multi-currency settings
• Various filter and sorting options (e.g. in the Geuther project)
• Choice of shipping and payment methods
• Multichannel capability (unlimited number of subshops based on different domains) However, Shopping Worlds is the main feature of Shopware.

This extension was developed to create an emotional shopping experience that has a major influence on customers' purchasing decisions. Customers' attention is successfully captured through the power of visual stories, represented by high-quality product images, banners and sliders. This increases customer loyalty to the brand.  Shopware also has a customer-friendly responsive web design in which all elements are optimized according to the screen resolution of the end device.

The store design can be developed in line with the corporate identity in order to make a company and its production unmistakable on the market (example).  Easy-to-use SEO pages based on CMS (content management system), such as the homepage, category, product and checkout pages, should improve the performance and user-friendliness of the store and increase the conversion rate. Store operators can also add their own individual functions to the store design thanks to a large selection of plugins.all in all, there are numerous solutions for security risks. The sooner these solutions are implemented, the better information will be protected in global e-commerce.

It is worth mentioning that Shopware 6 is considered one of the most modern, flexible and easy platforms to migrate without downtime.  Do not hesitate to contact Kenner Soft Service for further assistance regarding technical support or webshop development based on Shopware. We will help you choose exactly the e-commerce system that is best suited for your customers.