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If you run an eCommerce store on Magento, protecting your website from bad bots should be one of your key priorities.
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According to recent research, 70% of an eCommerce website traffic is compromised by bots. This non-human traffic even goes over 80% during the sale season.
Now, let’s focus on the last two mentioned above.
Spambots, as well as fake users, can cause extensive damage to your web store. First and foremost, they make it difficult for you to identify your actual users, leading to a long-term impact on your project strategy.
The easiest way spammers enter your website is through fake registrations. The identification of the bots is the first step in protection. Finding bad bots can be automated by using different custom solutions – it’s up to you to choose the best solution for your situation.
2. Similarly, go to Marketing > Reviews on the Admin sidebar to check the unrelated content possibly attacking your website.
3. Finally, on the Admin sidebar, go to Marketing > Newsletters to check the requests in the newsletter area and check here for suspicious entries.
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1. Block bad bots via web server configuration
All you need to do is analyse your store access logs using a text editor or log analyzer tool, and then block the bots’ IP in your web server configuration file. [You can also find popular instructions for htaccess files that should block most popular bots]. You should be careful when modifying that file and blocking access to your site.
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3. Block bad bots using Magento extension
There is a range of different extensions on the Magento Marketplace; you can choose any of them. But also keep in mind, some Magento extensions may be hacking your store.
4. Protect your store using software Firewall
This is one of the most manageable steps to implement. All you need is to sign up for cloud computing services from one of the most popular providers.
With our clients, we tend to use Cloudflare (both free and paid plans) or Sucuri.
You may have a web application firewall or an in-house cybersecurity team for bot mitigation. But these solutions do not fully protect your Magento store against all the mentioned vulnerabilities.
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To sum up, if you are looking to boost the security of your store by keeping spam users and bots at a distance, check out Astra Security.
