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my websites got infected with a malware i cannot get any info on [closed]
we have a server, on which we host about 30 sites.
these are test sites for our customers. most of them are not even indexed by google.
some run on php, some on nodejs, some on ruby.
all of them that ...
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Security - php file permissions on shared hosting [duplicate]
What file permissions should i set for a php website's files and folders running on a shared hosting plan on an apache server?
When I run <?php echo exec('whoami'); ?> it gives me a ...
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Exploited by newbie3viLc063s
My debian server got exploited by some scriptiekiddie who used Newbie3viLc063
http://pastebin.com/jma8JRG1 .
Scriptkiddie uploaded logo_php.png to my server (My permissions sucked :s) and he did run ...
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Restarting nginx with Jenkins or Phing - is it safe to allow Jenkins to run sudo without prompt for password
I am implementing the recommendations from Integrating PHP projects with Jenkins for my own PHP projects.
I have created a jenkins user in my ubuntu 12.10 server. I used Phing as my build tool and I ...
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Can the `system` function pose severe security threats on a shared hosting server?
I recently bought an account from a shared hosting company and I needed the php system function to be enabled for one of my projects.
So I created a ticket and asked them to enable it. This is what ...
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How to hack linux from phpMyAdmin? [closed]
I got the username and the password for phpMyAdmin, and i am trying to hack the operating system "linux". i tried to create an payload.php file which is a pyaload taken form metasploit.
i encoded the ...
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Do LAMP log files sometimes contain sensitive information?
I will have a LAMP web server with CentOS and cPanel. With this setup, is it possible for any server log files, whether regular or error logs, to contain sensitive information in them, such as ...
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How to properly secure OO PHP CMS?
I have OO PHP application which serves pages as well it does payment card processing via external RBS payment gateway. There is also reporting database. The problem is when somebody exploits this PHP, ...
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How can log poisoning be successful with a Local File Inclusion attack?
I just read a paper about Local File Inclusion on exploit-db.com, it can be found here. One technique with LFI is log poisoning as you may know already. You do an HTTP GET request that contains PHP ...
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Server compromised for 2nd time, cannot locate source of attack
I need some help tracing a vulnerability on my server. For the second time, my server has been compromised with files being replaced with virus-ridden downloads.
According to the filesystem dates, ...
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How do you know your server has been compromised?
I recently helped a client who had their server hacked. The hackers added some PHP code into the header of the homepage redirecting the user to a porn website — but only if they came from Google. This ...
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How do I protect myself against the attacks in this php script?
Due to a vulnerability in how PHP was installed (Shared VPS with PHP installed as an Apache module instead of CGI) and hence how OSCommerce was configured (with security of 777 on certain ...
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Securing my web-server / website [closed]
Does anyone know of a comprehensive security guide about important basics / fundamentals which should be done to secure a web-server / website? A web link would do.
