According to a recent study by the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), most commerce software systems have problematic security vulnerabilities.
A vulnerability analysis revealed that almost all ten products examined have an inadequate password policy . This means store customers are in danger of suffering damage because of insecure password procedures. Furthermore, the study found that half of the more in-depth tested products no longer receive security updates. Two weaknesses that are definitely not present in our store software Smartstore.
Among the store systems in the German market, 10 systems were selected by the BSI for in-depth testing. Depending on the software, the testers found 2 to 17 vulnerabilities, a total of 78 vulnerabilities that affect the IT security level of customer data.
The BSI is calling on store software manufacturers to immediately provide updates for the vulnerabilities. Store operators are required to install these updates quickly or switch to secure products if they do not want to risk sensitive DSGVO fines in the event of large-scale hacking.
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