22,000 Records Exposed by JoomlArt in Jira Ticket

22,000 Records Exposed by JoomlArt in Jira Ticket

MD5 hashed passwords, names, emails leaked in incident

Hackers Already Scanning and Exploiting Recent Joomla Flaws

Hackers Already Scanning and Exploiting Recent Joomla Flaws

Over 25,000 exploitation attempts detected per day

Joomla Patches Flaw That Allows Attackers to Create Admin Accounts

Joomla Patches Flaw That Allows Attackers to Create Admin Accounts

Users should update to Joomla 3.6.4 as soon as possible

  • Web Blog
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • October 17th, 2016
Infographic: WordPress Is by Far the Most Used CMS of 2016

Infographic: WordPress Is by Far the Most Used CMS of 2016

Joomla ranked second, Wix is third, Squarespace fourth

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 22nd, 2016
WordPress Continues to Be by Far the Most Hacked CMS

WordPress Continues to Be by Far the Most Hacked CMS

Most hackers leave backdoors on infected systems

Campaign of Infected WordPress and Joomla Sites Leads to CryptXXX Ransomware

Campaign of Infected WordPress and Joomla Sites Leads to CryptXXX Ransomware

Over 100 new websites infected every day

A Quarter of All Hacked WordPress Sites Can Be Attributed to Three Plugins

A Quarter of All Hacked WordPress Sites Can Be Attributed to Three Plugins

WordPress was the most targeted CMS of Q1 2016

New Attack on WordPress Sites Redirects Traffic to Malicious URLs

New Attack on WordPress Sites Redirects Traffic to Malicious URLs

Some Joomla sites are also affected by the same issue

MosQUito Exploit Stealing Legitimate Traffic from WordPress and Joomla Websites

MosQUito Exploit Stealing Legitimate Traffic from WordPress and Joomla Websites

Attackers work by replacing jQuery.min.js on hacked sites with a malicious file named jQuery.min.php

Exploit Kit Hiding as Social Buttons on Hacked WordPress and Joomla Sites

Exploit Kit Hiding as Social Buttons on Hacked WordPress and Joomla Sites

Clever domain names help crooks fool webmasters

Black Hat SEO Campaign Uses Fake jQuery Lib and Hacked WordPress & Joomla CMSs

Black Hat SEO Campaign Uses Fake jQuery Lib and Hacked WordPress & Joomla CMSs

Second black hat SEO campaign comes to light in the last 48h

Joomla 3.5 Open-Source CMS Released with PHP 7 Support, Is Now Twice as Fast

Joomla 3.5 Open-Source CMS Released with PHP 7 Support, Is Now Twice as Fast

Joomla 3.5 also includes email update notifications

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • February 20th, 2016
TeslaCrypt Ransomware Campaign Extends from WordPress to Joomla Sites

TeslaCrypt Ransomware Campaign Extends from WordPress to Joomla Sites

Crooks expand the scope of their operation to include Joomla

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • February 1st, 2016
Joomla Zero-Day Accounted for the Majority of Web Attacks in Q4 2015

Joomla Zero-Day Accounted for the Majority of Web Attacks in Q4 2015

In Q4 2015, most ransomware attacks originated from Russia

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 30th, 2015
Latest Joomla Vulnerability Targeted by Attackers 16,600 Times per Day

Latest Joomla Vulnerability Targeted by Attackers 16,600 Times per Day

Attackers don't waste any time, started looking for vulnerable sites as soon as the vulnerability was revealed

Joomla 3.4.6 Fixes Zero-Day Remote Execution Bug Used in the Wild

Joomla 3.4.6 Fixes Zero-Day Remote Execution Bug Used in the Wild

Attackers can compromise and take over sites

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 12th, 2015
Cryptographically Secure Passwords Coming to WordPress, Laravel, and Symfony, but Not Joomla

Cryptographically Secure Passwords Coming to WordPress, Laravel, and Symfony, but Not Joomla

Popular PHP projects will get a boost in cryptography

 
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