{"id":1892,"date":"2018-09-06T15:27:09","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T09:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/?p=1892"},"modified":"2025-02-25T11:59:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T06:29:44","slug":"popular-magento-extensions-to-protect-your-ecommerce-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/popular-magento-extensions-to-protect-your-ecommerce-website","title":{"rendered":"Popular Magento Extensions to Protect Your Ecommerce Website"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_72 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/popular-magento-extensions-to-protect-your-ecommerce-website\/#How_do_Magento_security_extensions_work\" title=\"How do Magento security extensions work?\">How do Magento security extensions work?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/popular-magento-extensions-to-protect-your-ecommerce-website\/#Top_Magento_Extensions_for_Your_Website\" title=\"Top Magento Extensions for Your Website:\">Top Magento Extensions for Your Website:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/popular-magento-extensions-to-protect-your-ecommerce-website\/#Sign_up_our_Newsletter\" title=\"Sign up our Newsletter!\">Sign up our Newsletter!<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Magento is a very popular ecommerce development platform and most e-store owners prefer to use it as it is safe and offers varied features and functionalities.\u00a0 Security of the platform plays an integral role as it is very important to keep sensitive and confidential information safe from others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Since this is a high priority, <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/magento-development\/\">Magento development<\/a> <\/span>community continuously releases various patches to enhance the security measures and keep the site safe from any unauthorized access and attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_Magento_security_extensions_work\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>How do Magento security extensions work?<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The Magento security extensions are patches that are released and are entirely separate from the main ecommerce platform that most e-store owners use to build. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 22pt; color: #0000ff;\">With more than 11% of the ecommerce websites running on Magento, it also makes it the most targeted platform for the attackers. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Magento extension is a choice for the business owners looking to safeguard their websites from cyber-crimes.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Top_Magento_Extensions_for_Your_Website\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Top Magento Extensions for Your Website:<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Login Security<\/strong>:<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">You may get emails from your service providers, while using different E-accounts or when you use it from a new device or location. They also notify you if in case someone else uses your emails and attempts or makes a request to change the password.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This method is also applied by the hackers for your Magento website. By choosing the Login security extension, you can solve this issue to a great extent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The extension checks the password for every login and sends an information whenever anyone tries to access your site using your email id from other device. This instant notification helps to identify any attacks at the earliest and take essential steps to resolve it.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Enhanced Admin Security<\/strong>:<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This extension is a two-step authentication process that is something useful for the <a href=\"https:\/\/store.idslogic.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Magento store<\/span><\/a> owners who share the store with other users. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">It offers an additional layer of protection. Instead of relying on the usernames and passwords, the extension extends and needs an additional security code from people trying to log into the site. The security code is valid for only 30 seconds and is a one-time use code.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"box-shadow: 0 0 16px #cccccc; padding: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Also Read:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"\/blog\/points-to-ponder-before-choosing-a-magento2-payment-gateway-extension\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Points to Ponder Before Choosing a Magento2 Payment Gateway Extension<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>MageFence:<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Security breach of your website may lead to getting it blacklisted by the search engines and this may be a huge loss for business owners. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">To protect the sites from all kinds of security threats, you can use MageFence, which is a robust security module that blocks all the suspicious activities on your site automatically and keeps it safe from the cyber attackers. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/magento-custom-development\/\">Magento extension<\/a><\/span> also scans the site internally from time to time and sends notifications in case it finds any potentially unwanted changes.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>ET IP Security<\/strong>:<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This extension helps the Magento site owners to track their visitors by using their IP address and even ban them by banning the address that they are using to mask their identity.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"es_shortcode_msg\" class=\"es_msg\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 40px auto; border: 2px solid #f46f25; padding: 20px 25px; border-radius: 6px; background: 0;\">\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; width: 62%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Are You Ready to Migrate Your Store to Magento 2?<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; width: 36%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a style=\"padding: 10px 22px; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.3em; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: middle; cursor: pointer; color: #ffffff; background-color: #f46f25; -moz-border-radius: 3px; -webkit-border-radius: 3px; border-radius: 3px; display: block;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/magento-1-to-magento-2-migration-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Call us today!<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">A \u201crestrict\u201d rule is applied to that IP address, which redirects the user in case they try to access the site. Website owners are also notified about any attempts by email.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>MageFirewall Security<\/strong>:<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This firewall extension helps to protect the entire website from any unauthorized access. It acts like a normal firewall and enfolds the site in protective layers. Any hackers or unauthorized attempts are repulsed by the extension and then it is blacklisted for any interaction with the site in the coming future.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"box-shadow: 0 0 16px #cccccc; padding: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Also Read:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"\/blog\/magento-2-per-product-shipping-extension-helps-to-manage-shipping-costs-effectively\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Magento 2 Per Product Shipping Extension to Manage Shipping Costs Effectively<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">It also has a built-in scanner that offers the site owners with recommendations on how to proceed and alerts them in case anyone is trying to break the security.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>SafePay Network<\/strong>:<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">With the growing online payment frauds, it is very important to secure the transactions when customers purchase any products or services. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">To protect the transactions and stop any financial frauds, this extension can be used as it keeps a close eye on all the transactions and sends the customer instant notification when they use any debit\/ credit cards for payments. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">It is only after the confirmation that the transaction is completed. This helps to prevent usage of stolen debit or credit cards for shopping.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #003300; font-size: 18pt;\">&#8220;Security plays a vital role in all Magento ecommerce sites and it is by using the right Magento extension that you can make your site secured from any unauthorized access and cyber-attacks.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"newsletter_form\">\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sign_up_our_Newsletter\"><\/span>Sign up our Newsletter!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"emaillist\" id=\"es_form_f0-n1\"><form action=\"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1892#es_form_f0-n1\" method=\"post\" class=\"es_subscription_form es_shortcode_form  es_ajax_subscription_form\" id=\"es_subscription_form_6a54c6cb25e10\" data-source=\"ig-es\" data-form-id=\"0\"><div class=\"es-field-wrap\"><label>Name<br \/><input type=\"text\" name=\"esfpx_name\" class=\"ig_es_form_field_name\" placeholder=\"\" value=\"\" \/><\/label><\/div><div class=\"es-field-wrap\"><label>Email*<br \/><input class=\"es_required_field es_txt_email ig_es_form_field_email\" type=\"email\" name=\"esfpx_email\" value=\"\" placeholder=\"\" required=\"required\" \/><\/label><\/div><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"esfpx_form_id\" value=\"0\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"es\" value=\"subscribe\" \/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"esfpx_es_form_identifier\" value=\"f0-n1\" \/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"esfpx_es_email_page\" value=\"1892\" \/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"esfpx_es_email_page_url\" value=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/popular-magento-extensions-to-protect-your-ecommerce-website\" \/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"esfpx_status\" value=\"Unconfirmed\" \/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"esfpx_es-subscribe\" id=\"es-subscribe-6a54c6cb25e10\" value=\"15c9239884\" \/>\n\t\t\t<label style=\"position:absolute;top:-99999px;left:-99999px;z-index:-99;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span hidden>Please leave this field empty.<\/span><input type=\"email\" name=\"esfpx_es_hp_email\" class=\"es_required_field\" tabindex=\"-1\" autocomplete=\"-1\" value=\"\" \/><\/label><input type=\"submit\" name=\"submit\" class=\"es_subscription_form_submit es_submit_button es_textbox_button\" id=\"es_subscription_form_submit_6a54c6cb25e10\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/><span class=\"es_spinner_image\" id=\"spinner-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/email-subscribers\/lite\/public\/images\/spinner.gif\" alt=\"Loading\" \/><\/span><\/form><span class=\"es_subscription_message \" id=\"es_subscription_message_6a54c6cb25e10\" role=\"alert\" aria-live=\"assertive\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Magento is a very popular ecommerce development platform and most e-store owners prefer to use it as it is safe and offers varied features and functionalities.\u00a0 Security of the platform plays an integral role as it is very important to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[171,550,677],"tags":[565,567,566],"class_list":["post-1892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ecommerce-website-development","category-magento","category-magento-2-extension","tag-magento-extensions","tag-magento-security-extensions","tag-popular-magento-extensions"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1892"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10735,"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1892\/revisions\/10735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}