[vox-tech] hacked site

Bill Kendrick nbs at sonic.net
Tue Jun 21 12:20:12 PDT 2011


On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 09:45:43AM -0700, David Spencer, Internet Handyman wrote:
> If it's just a weak ftp password, change it to stronger one. If it's a
> MySQL injection (I don't see evidence of a database on your website but
> that doesn't mean there isn't one there) then you'll need to have your
> programs fixed.

I haven't looked at Jim's site, but "shopping cart" probably implies
some kind of database.  (Whether it's SQL-based or what, and whether those
SQL queries are sanitized, is another question.)

Related, for a laugh: http://xkcd.com/327/

-bill!


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