Security for retail and e-commerce
Retailers and e-commerce companies process massive volumes of payment data and personal information across distributed architectures spanning web storefronts, POS terminals, mobile commerce, and third-party integrations. Magecart-style skimming and seasonal ransomware target this sector directly. Engagements here are scoped around PCI DSS evidence, peak-season blackout windows, and the omnichannel data flows real attackers exploit.
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Key threats
The threat actors and techniques actively targeting retail & e-commerce organizations today, drawn from current threat intelligence and our own engagement data.
Payment Card Skimming
Magecart-style attacks injecting malicious JavaScript into checkout flows to intercept payment card data in real time, often persisting undetected for months.
Account Takeover & Credential Abuse
Large-scale credential stuffing attacks targeting customer accounts to steal stored payment methods, loyalty points, and personal information.
Supply Chain Compromise
Attacks through third-party integrations, payment processors, and SaaS platforms that have trusted access to commerce systems and customer data.
Ransomware & Seasonal Targeting
Disruptive ransomware attacks timed to peak shopping periods to maximize business impact and extortion leverage when downtime costs are highest.
What we assess
The systems, trust boundaries, and data flows that define where an attacker spends their time.
Mapping the
perimeter.
Each surface is enumerated, fingerprinted, and tested for known vulnerabilities plus the configuration and business-logic flaws specific to retail & e-commerce environments.
- 01 — E-Commerce Platform
- 02 — Payment Processing Infrastructure
- 03 — Customer Data Platforms
- 04 — Supply Chain & Logistics Systems
E-Commerce Platform
Web storefronts, mobile commerce apps, checkout flows, and product catalog systems that handle customer interactions and payment processing.
Payment Processing Infrastructure
POS terminals, payment gateways, tokenization services, and card-present and card-not-present transaction processing systems.
Customer Data Platforms
CRM systems, loyalty programs, personalization engines, and marketing databases containing customer PII and behavioral data.
Supply Chain & Logistics Systems
Inventory management, warehouse systems, shipping integrations, and vendor portals that connect to core commerce infrastructure.
How we help
Service lines we bring to retail & e-commerce engagements, scoped to the threat model and compliance regime above.
Penetration Testing
Practical offensive security testing across applications, networks, cloud, AI systems, and connected devices. We find the attack paths scanners miss and explain what matters first.
Learn moreAdversary Simulations
Red-team and purple-team operations modeled around the threats most relevant to your business. We test prevention, detection, and response against realistic attack paths.
Learn moreOffensive Security Engineering
Engineering support for teams that need more than reports. We build tools, workflows, and test infrastructure that make offensive security faster and more reliable.
Learn moreSecurity Analytics
Detection engineering, threat hunting, and data pipelines that turn telemetry into decisions. We help teams find signal, reduce noise, and measure coverage.
Learn moreRegulatory landscape
Compliance frameworks we map findings against so your next audit is a formality, not a fire drill.
Other sectors we serve
Offensive security engagements across seven industries. Same operators, same discipline, threat model calibrated to each sector.
Technology
Testing SaaS platforms, APIs, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD paths, and identity systems built for fast-moving engineering teams.
Financial Services
Protecting banking platforms, fintech integrations, payment flows, trading systems, and high-value customer data.
Government
Supporting agencies and public-sector teams that need disciplined testing around sensitive systems, mandates, and mission impact.
Healthcare
Safeguarding patient data, clinical systems, healthcare networks, connected devices, and the workflows that support care delivery.
Energy & Utilities
Assessing IT, OT, ICS, SCADA, remote access, and vendor pathways that support critical energy and utility operations.
Manufacturing
Securing production networks, industrial systems, IT/OT boundaries, remote access, and supply-chain dependencies.
Secure your
retail & e-commerce organization
Tell us about your environment, compliance regime, and the threat actors you're most worried about. We will design an engagement that maps directly to the risks specific to your sector.
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