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07.20.05
Message Board Security Problems
 By T Frady
Security leaks can be a big problem for any site using a message board. Hackers can actually use your message board to go in and change things on your site.
This has happened to me at least four times. Once an iframe was added to every single page of one of my very large sites. Thankfully, I had it completely backed up, so all I had to do was send the pages back up to the server. Twice, the front page of one of my sites was hijacked. The entire content of the front page was replaced by some note from a hacker stating he had been there.
The last time one of my sites had to be taken down to prevent the server from crashing. After calling my web host they were able to tell me my message board was the cause of the problem. I used, and still do on some sites, the phpbb message board. It is one of the most popular boards on the internet, and it's free. The web host tech told me that the problem was that a virus of sorts had been placed onto the server, through the message board, in the message board folder, and was calling out to other servers causing a major load on my web host's server. To fix the problem the web host tech found the file and deleted it. After that, all I had to do was update to the latest version of phpbb and so far so good.
If you use a popular message board like phpbb you need to make sure you've always got the latest version. The more popular a message board is, the more hackers are likely to strike. Perhaps the familiarity is the problem or maybe the hackers kno w they can get a lot of bites going after a widely used board. As of this writing, the most current version of phpbb is 2.0.15. As the phpbb guys are always security conscious they have added to this version a re-authentication to access the administration panel.
Forums are a very important part of a website, but they can be the downfall if your board script is not updated on a regular basis.
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T Frady webmaster of http://www.buyersmls.com/ for over six years.
VeriSign Forks Out $40 Million For IDEFENSE
 By Chris Crum
VeriSign announced that it has acquired Reston, Virginia-based security
intelligence firm iDEFENSE for approximately $40 million in cash.
"Network perimeters are expanding to include customers, partners and remote
employees, so enterprises must leverage the most advanced security intelligence to protect customer
data and corporate assets," said Verisign Executive Vice President and General Manager Judy Lin.
Included in the iDEFENSE research product portfolio
are iAlert Daily Delivery and FLASH Reports, Weekly Threat Reports and Focused Intelligence Reports
that customers use to modify security infrastructure and respond to threats on a real-time basis.
"The acquisition of iDEFENSE expands the VeriSign suite of managed security services,
providing customers with additional capabilities with which to proactively protect their networks from
vulnerabilities and attacks."
VeriSign said in a press release that the addition of iDEFENSE will augment the comprehensive
VeriSign Managed Security Services (MSS) offering and represents an expansion of the company's ability
to monitor and assess security threats in real time. VeriSign will retain the iDEFENSE employee base,
and iDEFENSE will assume the VeriSign name, continuing to market the iDEFENSE suite of intelligence
services.
"We are pleased that iDEFENSE has joined the VeriSign family, and we look forward to providing
customers of both companies with our combined value and strength," said John Watters, CEO of iDEFENSE.
"Our iDEFENSE intelligence-gathering capabilities, coupled with the unique intelligence
VeriSign already gathers from its MSS business and operation of core Internet technologies, will
enable us to provide more comprehensive, actionable intelligence to our customers before attacks
strike," added Watters who will continue to lead the iDEFENSE Research team under VeriSign.
The acquisition has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies. Revenue and
earnings contribution from the acquisition will not be material to Verisign's 2005 financial results.
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