Drupal

Pierluigi Paganini August 23, 2016
Linux.Rex.1, a new Linux Trojan the creates a P2P Botnet

Security researchers discovered a new Linux Trojan dubbed Linux.Rex.1 that is capable of self-spreading and create a peer-to-peer botnet. A newly observed Linux Trojan is capable of self-spreading through infected websites and can recruit the infected machines into a peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet, Doctor Web researchers warn. Security researchers from the firm Dr. Web have discovered […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2016
Old CVE-2014-3704 flaw in Drupal still exploited in attacks

More than 19 months after its public disclosure the CVE-2014-3704 is still exploited in attacks against Drupal-based websites. It was October 2014, when Drupal patched a critical SQL injection vulnerability (CVE-2014-3704) that was affecting all Drupal core 7.x versions up to the recently-released 7.32 version, which fixed the issue. The patch issued by Drupal fixed the […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 07, 2016
Unpatched Drupal flaws open websites to attacks

IOActive has uncovered a number of serious vulnerabilities affecting the Drupal CMS that could be exploited to completely takeover the vulnerable websites. A new vulnerability affecting Drupal could be exploited for code execution and database credentials theft (by Man-in-the-Middle), according to Fernando Arnaboldi, a senior security consultant working in IOActive. Fernando Arnaboldi says that the […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 20, 2015
Drupal flaw allows reset password by crafting specific URLs

The Drupal team issued an update to fix a flaw that allows attackers reset password by crafting URLs under certain circumstances. Security experts discovered two critical vulnerabilities in Drupal CMS, one of them is an Access bypass (Password reset URLs) vulnerability that could be exploited to forge Password Reset URLs. “Password reset URLs can be forged […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 30, 2014
Drupal community under attack due to a critical SQL injection flaw

A security advisory issued by Drupal assumes that every installation of the popular CMS based in the version 7.x was compromised unless patched. Earlier this month, Drupal patched a critical SQL injection vulnerability (CVE-2014-3704) that exists in all Drupal core 7.x versions up to the recently-released 7.32 version, which fixed the issue. There is an emergency in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 07, 2014
WordPress and Drupal websites Vulnerable to DoS attack which can make them completely inaccessible

The popular expert Nir Goldshlager has discovered an XMLRPC vulnerability which affects millions WordPress and Drupal websites exposing them to DoS Attack. If your website is based a WordPress or Drupal CMS you need to urgently update it to the last version released due to the presence of a critical vulnerability in the implementation of […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 31, 2013
Drupal data breach exposes data of 1 million users

Drupal data breach – The Drupal Association with an official notice revealed that Drupal was hit by a large-scale data breach that could have exposed data for nearly 1 million accounts. A Drupal data breach was announced by the official Drupal Association, Drupal hit by a large-scale data violation that could have exposed data for nearly […]