Re: Web site defacing

In one case, I was able to grab SQL credentials from a site on a shared host, and simply purchased my own account to use those credentials.

Never *ever* leave passwords visible in "view source."

Rob
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Littlefield, Tyler" <tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:44:19
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Subject: Re: Web site defacing

On 11/14/2011 12:34 AM, a bv wrote:
Hi,

what kind of vulnerabilities , methodologies does it allow to deface a
web site? And what must be the countermeasures regarding these?


There are numerous issues that can allow this. The thing to keep in
mind, is "defacing" only requires alteration of the content. So, this
means access to how the content is stored.
If you are using static html pages, that could be done through FTP or
whatever mechenism you use to upload your content to the site.
If you use dynamic content, such as a CMS system, that could be done by
accessing the database where the content is stored, either through
connecting to the database server, using sql injections, etc.

Regards

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