Emerging Threats In Online Retail And How To Protect Them

Abstract

Technology and customer behaviour are driving e-commerce growth, making it more exposed to cybersecurity risks. This article analyses present and potential cybersecurity threats to online merchants and customers in e-commerce. We examine how data breaches, phishing schemes, ransomware attacks, and supply chain vulnerabilities affect the e-commerce sector using current research and industry reports.  This paper also examines how cybercriminals are becoming more sophisticated, cloud computing and mobile technologies are expanding the attack surface, and data-driven business models are increasing cybersecurity threats in e-commerce. Businesses may defend their e-commerce operations and client data by understanding cybersecurity threats' basic causes and dynamics.