Website Security News
See posts about Joomla! website security including new vulnerability disclosures, research and technical details. Learn how to protect your Joomla! installation and secure your site against emerging threats. If your Joomla! site is infected, read our guide to fixing a Joomla! hack.
We are proud to be releasing our latest Hacked Website Trend Report for 2017. This report is based on data collected and analyzed by the Sucuri Remediation Group (RG), which includes the Incident Response Team (IRT) and the Malware Research Team (MRT). The data presented…
Our mission at Sucuri is to make the internet a safer place and that entails cleaning up hacked websites. We have teams who actively research website vulnerabilities and who are…
Last month we wrote about how the emergence of website cryptocurrency miners resulted in hackers abusing the technology by injecting the CoinHive miners into compromised sites without the consent of…
During regular research audits for our Sucuri Firewall (WAF), we discovered a SQL Injection vulnerability affecting Joomla! 3.7 – CVE-2017-8917. The vulnerability is easy to exploit and doesn’t require a privileged account…
One of the worst experiences for a website owner is finding out that the search results for your site have turned into a pharmacy, a fashion outlet, or even a…
Read More about Joomla Security – Pornography Spam Campaign in the Wild
Today we are proud to release our quarterly Hacked Website Report for 2016/Q3. This report is based on data collected and analyzed by the Sucuri Remediation Group (RG), which includes…
Joomla! is one of the most popular open-source content management systems (CMS) on the market, powering a large percentage of websites on the internet today. For that reason, we are…
Read More about New Guide on How to Fix Hacked Joomla! Sites
Big Spring Web Development understands the responsibility to their clients extends beyond creating a functional and attractive website. Security and stability are critical components of any online presence. The company…
Exactly 3 days ago, the Joomla team issued a patch for a high-severity vulnerability that allows remote users to create accounts and increase their privileges on any Joomla site. Both…
Read More about Joomla Exploits in the Wild Against CVE-2016-8870 and CVE-2016-8869
Yesterday, Joomla! 3.6.4 was released, patching a critical privilege escalation and arbitrary account creation vulnerability. As we’ve seen some exploits attempts occurring in the wild, we feel it is a…
Read More about Details on the Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Joomla
The Joomla team released a patch for a serious security vulnerability affecting all Joomla versions from 3.4.4 and up. If you’re using one of these versions of Joomla, you’re encouraged…
