Website Hacking Methods

Gone are the days when website hacking was a sophisticated art or very difficult to do. Today any body can access through the Internet and start hacking your website. All that is needed is doing a search on google with keywords like “how to hack website”, “hack into a website”, “Hacking a website” etc. The following article is not an effort to teach you website hacking, but it has more to do with raising awareness on some common website hacking methods...



1. SQL Injection Hack


2. Cross site scripting ( XSS )


3. Denial of service ( Ddos attack )


4. Remote File Inclusion


5. DOTNetNuke


6. Cookie Poisoning


7. Local File Inclusion


8. Password Cracking


9. Session Hijacking etc.



Countermeasures:


* If you utilize a web content management system, subscribe to the development blog. Update to new versions soon as possible.


* Update all 3rd party modules as a matter of course — any modules incorporating web formsor enabling member file uploads are a potential threat. Module vulnerabilities can offer access to your full database.


* Harden your Web CMS or publishing platform. For example, if you use WordPress, use this guide as a reference.


* If you have an admin login page for your custom built CMS, why not call it 'Mouse.php' or something, instead of “AdminLogin.php” etc.?


* Enter some confusing data into your login fields like the sample Injection strings shown above, and any else which you think might confuse the server. If you get an unusual error message disclosing server-generated code then this may betray vulnerability.


* Do a few Google hacks on your name and your website. Just in case…


* When in doubt, pull the yellow cable out! It won't do you any good, but hey, it rhymes.


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