{"id":1545,"date":"2018-05-01T22:23:31","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T20:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capturly.com\/blog\/?p=1545"},"modified":"2022-09-28T16:16:24","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T14:16:24","slug":"latest-magento-security-updates-for-ecommerce-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capturly.com\/blog\/latest-magento-security-updates-for-ecommerce-stores\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest Magento Security Updates for eCommerce Stores"},"content":{"rendered":"

Magento is an open-source platform for designing robust E-Commerce websites to work seamlessly. The new releases and updates have ensured utmost user engagement, improvement in conversion rates for E-Commerce stores, revenue generation by the users. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

According to the latest data and survey of 30,000 Magento stores, nearly 50% stores do not use the HTTPS<\/a> by default, and 23% of sites have exposed admin panel.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the latest data and survey of 30,000 Magento stores, nearly 50% of stores do\u00a0<\/span>not use HTTPS by default, and 23% of sites have exposed admin panel. If the\u00a0<\/span>website does not have an SSL certificate, then, customers will not purchase from\u00a0<\/span>your website as browsers will look at it as an insecure website. A Magento store should\u00a0<\/span>have a proper SSL installed like a single domain, <\/span>wildcard SSL certificate<\/a>,<\/span> or any\u00a0<\/span>other type of SSL that may fit with the store’s requirement. Before customers\u00a0<\/span>abandon checkout, you should take off the store’s security on a priority base.<\/span><\/p>\n

Magento and its Security Updates<\/b><\/h3>\n

While checking the data for the global E-Commerce platform the Magento has a market share of 8% that provides it 3rd position. It has almost 168,000 Magento Stores operational as stated by Datanyze Universe. While checking Magento platform\u2019s usability in the \u2018Alexa Top 1M\u2019 market space it has nearly 13, 933 websites with a market share of 13.76%.<\/span><\/p>\n

With the increasing popularity, falls the responsibility to save the data of the businesses and the users in order prevent any kind of thefts. This has made Magento release various security updates every year in order to safeguard the interest of the users. The hacking of confidential data may land businesses in big trouble and losses. For this, the business houses need skilled Magento development services<\/b><\/a> from experienced professionals.<\/span><\/p>\n

Magento has released many security updates, until now, in 2018. These are versions 2.2.3, 2.1.12, and 2.0.18 that the users can download from the official Magento site. It can be downloaded in composer form or full release with the sample data in a ZIP file format. Even users can download the security patches<\/strong> released this year and the various migration tools. <\/span><\/p>\n

Sneak-Peek into Latest Security Updates by Magento<\/b><\/h3>\n

One can <\/span>hire Magento development providers to get the most recent information about the updates and versions introduced by this open-source E-Commerce platform. These updates will help businesses and individuals to keep their sites secured from any vulnerability or bugs<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Recently, to increase the product functionality and security it has released new security updates in February. The Magento users can also find the full information and download links for various updates here. Some of them are:<\/span><\/p>\n