[ale] Freelance web-devs make in-secure sites

DJ-Pfulio DJPfulio at jdpfu.com
Thu Jun 8 06:42:41 EDT 2017


Of the 17 commissioned projects by Tripwire (a security firm), 10
websites were completed and purchased.

The researchers found that every website had critical security failures.
Read more here:

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2017/06/08/website-security/

* Unauthorized users allowed (all) - Check
* Allowed hackers to upload a PHP webshell (all) - Check
* Allowed auth bypass via SQL injection (several) - Check
* Allowed content modification via SQL injection (half) - Check

Short, but interesting read.


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