Joomla v1.5 Website Hacked (Careful)

Discussion in 'Joomla' started by masked, Aug 26, 2008.

  1. jackass2007

    jackass2007 Peon

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    #21
    Oh boy...so many hack attempts on Joomla. First their own website was hacked and now its users :(

    Is Joomla really so vulnerable?
     
    jackass2007, Aug 26, 2008 IP
  2. masked

    masked Active Member

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    #22
    Hmm you are right i guess.
    Now i Am thinking to move from joomla to Wordpress or Drupal .
    Is Wordpress Safe and Stable ?
     
    masked, Aug 26, 2008 IP
  3. Rivmedia

    Rivmedia Notable Member

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    #23
    Joomla is fine, you just have to make sure you are careful of what things you use, if you go on and use Nulled scripts for Drupal and wordpress the same thing will happen.

    Ive been running joomla sites for the past 2 years and never once been hacked. have you read the security releases for joomla , when a flaw is found they get it fixed , and usually very fast , make sure you are running the newest version (not beta) and keep away from bad software...
     
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  4. masked

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    #24
    Bit confused about what to do ??
    Will continue with Joomla with all security fixes .. Lets see wt happens
     
    masked, Aug 26, 2008 IP
  5. mediaguru

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    #25
    I backup regularly. I have a bot installed which emails my DB backup every night to my gmail account. I have a database backup every day, 365 days a year. I also backup my public_html folder weekly. I sleep fairly well at night now.
     
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    #26
    Always try to stay up with the updates. I "forgot" about two sites I built which were on J1.5.3 and they were hacked. I had to nuke them....
     
    mediaguru, Sep 7, 2008 IP
  7. masked

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    #27
    Joomla is big NO NO , i have removed Joomla Installation from my Site .
    Joomla site of my friend is also Hacked .
    I dont have that much time to back up the Db everyday .
     
    masked, Sep 23, 2008 IP