Payment Card Industry (PCI) Compliance is a big thing for ecommerce merchants. Becoming and staying compliant when handling credit cards through your website is mandatory now. It’s such a big deal that overnight, a whole new industry was born to “help” merchants become compliant by providing scans and questionnaires – Approved PCI Scanning Vendors (ASVs).

I thought it would be interesting to see how the top 100 Internet Retailers are using SSL certificates, and how many (and which companies) are using EV SSL Certificates (i.e. the “green” address bar). The results are presented below, along with a few surprises (at least to me) on how lax some companies are when it comes to projecting a safe and secure online store.

As a web host, we deal with a lot of hacker related activity as it pertains to attacks on websites we host. In the past six months, we’ve seen a lot of FTP iframe injection attacks on websites.

However, in the past two weeks, we’ve seen a new level of probing and attacks…

Everybody knows they should have backups of their data. And most people assume that their host is performing regular backups to compliment their local backups. You know what they say about assumptions…

Who can and cannot see the green bar on a secure page protected by an EV SSL Certificate? Find out which web browsers and operating systems can display the new security features, and the stats surrounding EV SSL.

FTP Injection attacks, which were quite active 5 months ago, have been making a comeback. This latest round of attacks has proven to be more advanced in the techniques and level of sophistication used to disguise the malicious code. Here’s what we’re currently seeing…

Extended Validation (EV) SSL certificates are the latest secure certificates that offer the highest level of “outward” security to the end user. Introduced in 2007, these new SSL certificates cause the address bar to turn green in a visitor’s web browser, and also to display the company name. EV certs have a more thorough application process, as each business is “vetted” prior to being issued an EV certificate. Is it worth it to have an EV SSL certificate?

PCI (Payment Card Industry) Compliance is a confusing topic for merchants (to say the least). We’ve seen a lot of problems and hurdles to overcome by our clients when dealing with PCI issues. We’ll explore a few of these, talk about the problems being encountered, and offer a few suggestions for improving the process.

Hacked WordPress blogs are becoming quite common these days, especially with the latest worm going around. We take a look at how the hacks occur, ways to detect them, methods to clean them up, and how to keep your blog safe going forward.

Don’t let one simple security warning during checkout ruin your sales. Take the time to verify the entire secure checkout process runs smoothly, and does not put up any roadblocks to stop customers from completing their order. There are a few simple items to check that can help insure a 100% safe and error free checkout.