WordPress All-In-One SEO Pack Vulnerabilities Patched

A web design firm has patched two privilege escalation vulnerabilities that could have led to cross-site scripting attacks in a popular WordPress plugin it manages. If left unpatched, the issue could leave potentially millions of websites vulnerable. The problem exists in old versions of the All ...

Joomla Fixes Critical SQL Injection Vulnerability

The open-source content management framework Joomla pushed out version 3.2.3 of its product last week, fixing a SQL injection zero-day vulnerability that could have let attackers steal information from databases or insert code into sites running the CMS. While little is being disclosed by Joomla,...

162,000 vulnerable WordPress websites abused to perform DDoS Attack

DDoS attacks are a growing issue facing by governments and businesses. In a recent attack, thousands of legitimate WordPress websites have been hijacked by hackers, without the need for them to be compromised. Instead, the attackers took advantage of an existing WordPress vulnerability...

OpenX Advertising Network hacked and backdoor Injected

OpenX, a leading provider of digital and mobile advertising technology has accordingly served backdoors that are injected into the Code and allows hackers to control over your Web server. German tech site the Heise notified Germany's computer emergency response team CERT this week about the OpenX...

OpenX Advertising Network hacked and backdoor Injected

OpenX, a leading provider of digital and mobile advertising technology has accordingly served backdoors that are injected into the Code and allows hackers to control over your Web server. German tech site the Heise notified Germany's computer emergency response team CERT this week about the OpenX...

New Apache backdoor serving Blackhole exploit kit

A new sophisticated and stealthy Apache backdoor meant to drive traffic to malicious websites serving Blackhole exploit kit widely has been detected by Sucuri recently. Researchers claimed that this backdoor affecting hundreds of web servers right now. Dubbed Linux/Cdorked.A, one of the most...

New Apache backdoor serving Blackhole exploit kit

A new sophisticated and stealthy Apache backdoor meant to drive traffic to malicious websites serving Blackhole exploit kit widely has been detected by Sucuri recently. Researchers claimed that this backdoor affecting hundreds of web servers right now. Dubbed Linux/Cdorked.A, one of the most...

Bloomberg's Businessweek website infected with Malware

On a quick tip from a The Hacker News reader - Travis, we came to know about that some antivirus giving warning when readers try to visit Bloomberg's Businessweek website businessweek.com that the site is infected with malware and trying to drop a malware on visitor's system. Website having very...

Researchers found Apache Server-Status Enabled Security Vulnerability in Popular sites

Researchers found Apache Server-Status Enabled on some popular site like php.net , cisco, nba.com, Cloudflare, Metacafe, Ford, yellow.com, and others. For backgorund, there is a Module modstatus in Apache server which allows a server administrator to find out how well their server is performing. ...