Thursday, February 02, 2006

AMD Hack Points to Widespread Web Forum Flaws, Attacks

Paul F. Roberts writes on eWeek:

Malicious hackers are increasingly targeting security vulnerabilities in open-source software that runs bulletin boards and online forums, according to Internet monitoring firm Netcraft.

The unpatched holes, in open-source software like phpBB, PostNuke, and Mambo are being used to take control of powerful servers for denial of service attacks and phishing scams.

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