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Website Security

by IMShoppingMall
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I recently read an article (How One Small Shop Got Snared In Online Ad Scam - Advertising Age - Agency News) about site security.
Essentially it's about hackers redirecting a URL. It says in the article: "He (the victim) changed the code on his agency site to prevent it from being repurposed on a different URL.".
Does anyone know how to do this?
#security #website
  • Profile picture of the author Evan-M
    Are you sure the article isn't about a site being hacked and code being added to redirect his site to another basically stealing the traffic

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  • Profile picture of the author IMShoppingMall
    My fault... I should have posted this...
    "The individual purchased a domain name, agency-creative.net, hosted that domain and then through frames technology basically told it to grab our website and place it inside," Mr. Wyatt said. "They hijacked our website."

    So... How do you prevent this from happening?
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    • Profile picture of the author Evan-M
      Originally Posted by IMShoppingMall View Post

      My fault... I should have posted this...
      "The individual purchased a domain name, agency-creative.net, hosted that domain and then through frames technology basically told it to grab our website and place it inside," Mr. Wyatt said. "They hijacked our website."

      So... How do you prevent this from happening?


      They would have had to have access to the sites they hijacked .

      cpanel or ftp access, hacked into the sites backend etc.

      they would have needed to place code into the files they hijacked. so choosing strong passwords and keeping your cms up to date would prevent this.

      I was working on a site this morning and asked for them to send over the cpanel login.

      They sent over

      username : admin
      password : Password

      come on people, your looking to be hacked! if your cpanel login looks anything like that, you deserve to be hacked. A little common sense goes along way.
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    Thanks, that makes me feel better.
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  • Profile picture of the author theIMgeek
    Actually, for the example given, Evan's explanation is not correct.

    "The individual purchased a domain name, agency-creative.net, hosted that domain and then through frames technology basically told it to grab our website and place it inside," Mr. Wyatt said. "They hijacked our website."
    Anybody can do this to any website, really. No passwords needed. I can make a website at mydomain.com that is nothing but a frame to view other websites. That's how frames work. In fact, some services such as StumbleUpon use this technique to place a menu bar at the top of your website.

    There is a piece of code that became popular back in the early days when it was more common to use frames as part of a site design... it "breaks open" any frame your page might be in.

    Code:
    <script type="text/javascript">
<!--
if (parent.frames.length > 0) { parent.location.href = location.href; }
-->
</script>
    (that gets put in the <head> section of your page)

    However, be warned, there is evidence that this code can affect some search rankings, particularly with Google Images.

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    • Profile picture of the author fxprofitmountain
      Originally Posted by theIMgeek View Post

      Actually, for the example given, Evan's explanation is not correct.



      Anybody can do this to any website, really. No passwords needed. I can make a website at mydomain.com that is nothing but a frame to view other websites. That's how frames work. In fact, some services such as StumbleUpon use this technique to place a menu bar at the top of your website.

      There is a piece of code that became popular back in the early days when it was more common to use frames as part of a site design... it "breaks open" any frame your page might be in.

      Code:
      <script type="text/javascript">
<!--
if (parent.frames.length > 0) { parent.location.href = location.href; }
-->
</script>
      (that gets put in the <head> section of your page)

      However, be warned, there is evidence that this code can affect some search rankings, particularly with Google Images.

      -Ryan
      Thanks Ryan. This is insane. You really do know your stuff.
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  • Profile picture of the author johnpeter1212
    There are different types of techniques or the tips are used that provide security to the website from the hackers, different types of hacking applications. Some important tips of website security are as follows

    1. Password Security
    2.Secure Your E-mail Addresses
    3. Protecting Source codes
    4. Use software application
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