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Written by Mike Carson
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Saturday, 20 September 2008 |
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Like the homey Bob Marley said "Collective security for surety". The "how secure is Joomla?" question is about as common as ASL was in those dumbass AOL chat channels.
Put it this way, it was, and still is, developed by a group of humans, and since humans are animals, most likely there are probably still a few lines of animalistic code in there. That's just about how it is for every piece of software developed by humans.
So until we get to the point of outsourcing aliens, what should you do about Joomla security?
We know how much you hate reading so lets cut it short for now. In a later piece we will provide more general tips with regards to extensions/add-ons. Don't take this whole security thing lightly homes. Next thing you know someone has an amateur pr0n clip on your front page, and you're sitting back like a idoit wondering how and why.
When the cat's away, the mice will play...
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Written by Mike Carson
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Tuesday, 09 September 2008 |
Joomla 1.5.7 Security Release Now Available
Sunday, 07 September 2008
The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla 1.5.7 [Wovusani]. This is a security release and contains a number of bug fixes, improvements as well as security fixes. It is strongly recommended that users immediately upgrade. It has been nearly four weeks since Joomla 1.5.6 was released on August 12, 2008. The Development Working Group's goal is to continue to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla community.
For more information, see http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5212-joomla-157-security-release-now-available.html and http://developer.joomla.org/security.html |
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Written by Mike Carson
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Saturday, 30 August 2008 |
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I got an email the other day from one of our customers that i would like to share with all of you. The more I thought about how I was going to answer this question I could see two completely different points of view to why this Joomla user was so fed up. But then again, I didn't know the entire story either so I had to do my part to bring up a few good points about why Joomla is not all that bad. I found this email very interesting and the more I thought about it the more I wanted to share it with everyone that is using Joomla for their website and primary means of doing business.
Please read on...
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Written by Mike Carson
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Tuesday, 26 August 2008 |
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Many commercial venture websites are usign affiliate programs to encourage others to link to their website to gain referrals. This is also very true in the JoomlaSphere. In fact there are many Joomla related websites using an affiliate software to help them track referrals and pay the affiliates.
One such affiliate software program is called iDevaffiliate. This software is a very widely use program by many businesses. In fact we use iDevaffiliate for our own affiliate software on Joomla Showroom.
Keep reading to find out what was recently discovered.
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Written by Mike Carson
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Tuesday, 12 August 2008 |
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The Joomla! community is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla! 1.5.6 [Vusani]. This is a quick turnaround security release to address a high level security issue and it is recommended all users upgrade immediately.
For more information about this exploit, click here to visit the Joomla Security Blog.
Joomla Showroom HIGHLY recommends that you upgrade your Joomla 1.5 website to this latest version. There have been a lot of sites hacked recently that have spawned this new release. UPDATE YOUR SITE ASAP!!!
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Written by Mike Carson
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Monday, 28 July 2008 |
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The question often comes up "WHY" do you need a security Tune UP? Isn't Joomla Secure?
One of the most overlooked and ignored areas of a Joomla website is the topic of how secure is the website?
Will it get hacked? Can it get hacked? What would I do if my site ends up HACKED?
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