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by NickW
Tue Jul 26, 2011 7:13 pm
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Epidemic of CMSMS hacks
Replies: 16
Views: 7620

Re: Epidemic of CMSMS hacks

Parkershouse.net... I have seen dozens of sites with hacked pages showing the Poker site theme. Why? Who knows....;-) Remember the idea is to populate the hacked/added pages with keywords & images that the Google crawlers can index and then include as poisoned results when users search for thes...
by NickW
Tue Jul 12, 2011 2:18 pm
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Epidemic of CMSMS hacks
Replies: 16
Views: 7620

Re: Epidemic of CMSMS hacks

Perhaps I didn't make it completely clear that these hacks are not exploiting a vulnerability in the latest & greatest version of CMSMS - these are all sites that are running old & insecure versions. I completely understand that the fact the owners/admins are not updating promptly is somethi...
by NickW
Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:45 pm
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Epidemic of CMSMS hacks
Replies: 16
Views: 7620

Re: Epidemic of CMSMS hacks

I can only repeat what I have mentioned already.... I have contacted and notified approx 20 site owners in the last two weeks that have CMSMS sites that have been hacked and follow the pattern outlined below. Without exception, none realised they had been hacked. This is why this hacking campaign is...
by NickW
Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:43 pm
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Epidemic of CMSMS hacks
Replies: 16
Views: 7620

Re: Epidemic of CMSMS hacks

If you do the Google search I suggest, you will see thousands of results. Just about every one is a hacked site. When the sites are exploited, the core site remains intact so unless the owner is monitoring it carefully, they wouldn't know that anything was amiss. I have contacted many owners in the ...
by NickW
Mon Jul 11, 2011 2:48 pm
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Epidemic of CMSMS hacks
Replies: 16
Views: 7620

Epidemic of CMSMS hacks

All New to these forums and am just posting concerning a huge surge in sites running old & insecure versions of CMSMS that have been hacked in the last couple of weeks. I would be grateful for any feedback on this.... I work in IT Security and spend time monitoring a long running website hacking...

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