Appzlogic

CONDUCTED A PENTEST ON THE E-COMMERCE ECOSYSTEM

The client is an Indigenous digital ecosystem that supports Indigenous artists and businesses.

The client required the security assessment of the web application that allows users and businesses to make sales and payments, as well as manage their stores. The company aims to provide good quality Indigenous products. They feature a wide variety of products including handmade and culturally designed art, clothing & moccasins, food, beauty accessories, and other products.

THE SCOPE

The client was looking to improve the security posture of the shopping application and flawless management of the products, and stores. The application required a security assessment on a wide range of penetration testing scenarios to find out security loopholes across the application and payment method. Comprehensive testing was needed as the application works with businesses and individual retailers. Additionally, the data protection of suppliers and buyers required the redesigning of the security process flow as per the application’s complex functionality.

SOLUTION

An optimised End-to-end Security Assessment was conducted for the sandboxed e-commerce platform with the objective of :

  •  Identification if a remote attacker could penetrate web application defences.
  • Determine the impact of the security breach on:
  • confidentiality of the company data
  • internal infrastructure and availability of information system

The security testing team from Appzlogic follows standard security evaluation guides and application security assessment methodology.

optimized End-to-end Security Assessment

After a successful web application security assessment was conducted, a standard report was provided to the client, detailing every issue with end-to-end reproduction steps along with suggestions for mitigations. Additionally, Video proof of concept was provided to quickly resolve the complex problems.

COMMON VULNERABILITIES IDENTIFIED

List of common vulnerability categories found in the application.

A real-time security assessment was conducted on the web infrastructure with standard tools. Sophisticated attacks were carried out to identify the overall business impact. Some findings could have become a potential attack vector for the data breach of the customers and sellers.

Common Vulnerabilities Identified

THE TAKEAWAY

The client was made aware of its actual security posture and the loopholes that needed to be fixed by Appzlogic’s security team. The result of all the findings, activities, and quality of output delivered to the client, helped the client to fix critical security issues in its system, saving the client from potential financial damage. Penetration testing helped the

clients from preventing data theft of Personal Identifiable Information(PII) of suppliers and customers.

Appzlogic’s Security Team ensures that every client leaves with an improved security posture.

TECHNOLOGIES AND TOOLS

Nmap, SQLMap, Nikto, DIRB, Burp Suite, Nuclei.

security posture and the loopholes

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