Joomla Exploits in the Wild Against CVE-2016-8870 and CVE-2016-8869

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Joomla Exploits in the Wild Against CVE-2016-8870 and CVE-2016-8869<p>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 issues combined give the attackers enough power to easily upload backdoor files and get complete control of the vulnerable site.</p>

A few hours after the patch was released, we were able to reverse-engineer it. We created an internal-only tool that allowed us to exploit the vulnerability and upload a backdoor.

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Spotlight on Women in Cybersecurity

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Sucuri is committed to helping women develop their careers in technology. On International Women’s Day, Sucuri team members share their insights into workin...

Hacked Website Trend Report – 2018

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We are proud to be releasing our latest Hacked Website Trend Report for 2018. This report is based on data collected and analyzed by the GoDaddy Security / ...