is it true websites hosted by safaricom have been hacked ? larrymadowo.co.keis an example regards Antony....
Nothing strange about that. When you design and host a website, the security of the apps you use should be your responsibility, I believe. The hosting provider just gives you the space and cannot audit all the code you use on your website. I believe the hosting provider only needs to ensure the general security of the server OS, the web apps, the database, etc - but that doesn't stop a n00b from using some CMS whose security model they don't understand, which can also lead to the whose server being compromised. So I'd talk of safaricom separately and just say the website xxxx.whatever has been defaced/compromised/whatever-word-here. On 22 March 2013 15:02, Antony Kimani <kimanianthoni@gmail.com> wrote:
is it true websites hosted by safaricom have been hacked ? larrymadowo.co.ke is an example
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"So I'd talk of safaricom separately and just say the website xxxx.whatever has been defaced/compromised/whatever-word-here." @Wash Are you sure? I host a couple of websites on Safaricom and experienced the same hack. I can say these sites are fairly secure. The hacker changed encoding from UTF8 to UTF7 and went ahead to add some scripts to the DB. Am inclined to blame it on poor server configs Sincerely, Jared Oyier about.me/jaredkoyier On 22 March 2013 15:12, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
Nothing strange about that. When you design and host a website, the security of the apps you use should be your responsibility, I believe. The hosting provider just gives you the space and cannot audit all the code you use on your website. I believe the hosting provider only needs to ensure the general security of the server OS, the web apps, the database, etc - but that doesn't stop a n00b from using some CMS whose security model they don't understand, which can also lead to the whose server being compromised. So I'd talk of safaricom separately and just say the website xxxx.whatever has been defaced/compromised/whatever-word-here.
On 22 March 2013 15:02, Antony Kimani <kimanianthoni@gmail.com> wrote:
is it true websites hosted by safaricom have been hacked ? larrymadowo.co.ke is an example
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Yes, Same here www.kism.or.ke hosted at safaricom Kind Regards Pithon On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 3:47 PM, Jared Koyier <jaredkoyier@gmail.com> wrote:
"So I'd talk of safaricom separately and just say the website xxxx.whatever has been defaced/compromised/whatever-word-here."
@Wash Are you sure? I host a couple of websites on Safaricom and experienced the same hack. I can say these sites are fairly secure. The hacker changed encoding from UTF8 to UTF7 and went ahead to add some scripts to the DB.
Am inclined to blame it on poor server configs
Sincerely, Jared Oyier about.me/jaredkoyier
On 22 March 2013 15:12, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
Nothing strange about that. When you design and host a website, the security of the apps you use should be your responsibility, I believe. The hosting provider just gives you the space and cannot audit all the code you use on your website. I believe the hosting provider only needs to ensure the general security of the server OS, the web apps, the database, etc - but that doesn't stop a n00b from using some CMS whose security model they don't understand, which can also lead to the whose server being compromised. So I'd talk of safaricom separately and just say the website xxxx.whatever has been defaced/compromised/whatever-word-here.
On 22 March 2013 15:02, Antony Kimani <kimanianthoni@gmail.com> wrote:
is it true websites hosted by safaricom have been hacked ? larrymadowo.co.ke is an example
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Wash you are wrong on this one. Some my sites at hosted safaricom are still unreadable/unreachable. Sent from my iPad On 22 Mar 2013, at 15:12, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
Nothing strange about that. When you design and host a website, the security of the apps you use should be your responsibility, I believe. The hosting provider just gives you the space and cannot audit all the code you use on your website. I believe the hosting provider only needs to ensure the general security of the server OS, the web apps, the database, etc - but that doesn't stop a n00b from using some CMS whose security model they don't understand, which can also lead to the whose server being compromised. So I'd talk of safaricom separately and just say the website xxxx.whatever has been defaced/compromised/whatever-word-here.
On 22 March 2013 15:02, Antony Kimani <kimanianthoni@gmail.com> wrote:
is it true websites hosted by safaricom have been hacked ? larrymadowo.co.ke is an example
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Point me where I am wrong, please. Which statement, so that I can clarify? On 22 March 2013 16:26, John Gitau <jgitau@gmail.com> wrote:
Wash you are wrong on this one. Some my sites at hosted safaricom are still unreadable/unreachable.
Sent from my iPad
On 22 Mar 2013, at 15:12, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
Nothing strange about that. When you design and host a website, the security of the apps you use should be your responsibility, I believe. The hosting provider just gives you the space and cannot audit all the code you use on your website. I believe the hosting provider only needs to ensure the general security of the server OS, the web apps, the database, etc - but that doesn't stop a n00b from using some CMS whose security model they don't understand, which can also lead to the whose server being compromised. So I'd talk of safaricom separately and just say the website xxxx.whatever has been defaced/compromised/whatever-word-here.
On 22 March 2013 15:02, Antony Kimani <kimanianthoni@gmail.com> wrote:
is it true websites hosted by safaricom have been hacked ? larrymadowo.co.ke is an example
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-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler.
There are several layers that can get compromised. The web application is not the only one that can be penetrated and compromised. The web server, the operating system, the database server etc all offer an opportunity for penetration. On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 6:41 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com>wrote:
Point me where I am wrong, please. Which statement, so that I can clarify?
On 22 March 2013 16:26, John Gitau <jgitau@gmail.com> wrote:
Wash you are wrong on this one. Some my sites at hosted safaricom are still unreadable/unreachable.
Sent from my iPad
On 22 Mar 2013, at 15:12, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
Nothing strange about that. When you design and host a website, the security of the apps you use should be your responsibility, I believe. The hosting provider just gives you the space and cannot audit all the code you use on your website. I believe the hosting provider only needs to ensure the general security of the server OS, the web apps, the database, etc - but that doesn't stop a n00b from using some CMS whose security model they don't understand, which can also lead to the whose server being compromised. So I'd talk of safaricom separately and just say the website xxxx.whatever has been defaced/compromised/whatever-word-here.
On 22 March 2013 15:02, Antony Kimani <kimanianthoni@gmail.com> wrote:
is it true websites hosted by safaricom have been hacked ? larrymadowo.co.ke is an example
regards Antony....
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