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GUEST ESSAY: A primer on content management systems (CMS) — and how to secure them

The Last Watchdog

You very likely will interact with a content management system (CMS) multiple times today. For instance, the The Last Watchdog article you are reading uses a CMS to store posts, display them in an attractive manner, and provide search capabilities. Security is essential for a CMS. Best security practices.

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EnemyBot malware adds new exploits to target CMS servers and Android devices

Security Affairs

LFI CVE-2018-16763 Fuel CMS 1.4.1 The post EnemyBot malware adds new exploits to target CMS servers and Android devices appeared first on Security Affairs. RCE CVE-2020-5902 F5 BigIP RCE No CVE (vulnerability published on 2019) ThinkPHP 5.X Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Retro video game website Emuparadise suffered a data breach

Security Affairs

Retro video game website Emuparadise revealed to have suffered a data breach that exposed 1.1 Emuparadise is a website that offers tons of roms, isos and retro video games, users can download and play them with an emulator or play them with the web browser. Million accounts back in April 2018. million Emuparadise forum members.

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Experts warn of an emerging Python-based credential harvester named Legion

Security Affairs

The developer behind the tool operates a YouTube channel named “Forza Tools”, which included a series of tutorial videos for using the Legion script. The experts believe that the tool is widely distributed and is likely paid malware. mobile carriers such as AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, SunCom, US Cellular, Verizon, and Virgin.

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New Linux malware targets WordPress sites by exploiting 30 bugs

Security Affairs

FV Flowplayer Video Player. The researchers recommend admins of WordPress sites to keep all the components of the CMS up-to-date, and also urge to use strong and unique logins and passwords for their accounts. .” Visitors of compromised pages are redirected to malicious sites used to distribute malware and serve phishing pages.

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Journalist Matthew Keys is now charged with an attack on a magazine

Security Affairs

When Keys left Tribune Company-owned Sacramento KTXL Fox 40 in 2010, he shared login credentials of the CMS used by the website with members of Anonymous. Keys was accused of providing Anonymous login credentials that allowed the group to deface access and deface the website of the Los Angeles Times in 2013.

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Secure together: Managing your WordPress access during coronavirus

IT Governance

That’s not necessarily a knock against the CMS (content management system). million WordPress-run sites , researchers noted just how difficult it is for the CMS to prevent attacks. ” IT Governance had a simple solution to mitigate these risks: it implemented strict controls on who could access the CMS and from where. .

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