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Articles tagged with HACKINGXSS is a serious problem7:00am Tuesday 19 July 2011
Tags: recruitment software job boards job board software xss owasp security hacking javascript I've written about XSS (cross-site scripting) numerous times on this blog. If you run a job board, or manage your recruitment website take note... XSS is a very serious problem!
read more...OWASP Top 10 and your Recruitment Website - Part 24:37pm Thursday 09 December 2010
Tags: recruitment security recruitment websites owasp job boards dmitry kulshitsky security hacking insecure direct object references xss sql injections cross-site request forgery csrf In part 1 of this series we started a conversation about the OWASP Top 10 most prevalent security vulnerabilities and how relevant these issues were to a typical recruitment web site. In the 2nd part we will review the next 2 items from this list.
read more...OWASP Top 10 and your Recruitment Website - Part 18:30am Monday 09 August 2010
Tags: dmitry kulshitsky security recruitment website job board owasp sql injection xss cross-site scripting broken authentication session management login form design hacking website security user authentication OWASP has recently updated their list of the top 10 most prevalent security vulnerabilities. Since this list covers all major aspects of computer security it is interesting to check what are the issues that are relevant to a typical recruitment website or job board and (exercising the 80/20 rule) what are the key questions we should ask ourselves (or our IT/security staff) to be sure that we don't miss anything critical.
read more...Is your Job Application Form redirecting candidate applications to identity thieves?1:52pm Wednesday 10 February 2010
Tags: hijacking job application forms identity theft url manipulation hacking job boards recruitment agency application form candidate details 3rd party application form email address url security risk Did you know on some application forms you can manipulate the URL and have the candidate’s job application redirected to someone else’s email address? Job boards, career/recruitment websites are already a haven for identity thieves and this "oversight" on your application form is fueling their business!
read more...Is your Job Site redirecting Candidates to insecure websites?5:30pm Wednesday 07 October 2009
Tags: api hacking google safe browsing api job board recruitment website safety security php script md5 hash malware blacklist phishing database email encryption exploit mysql privacy sql injection vulnerability identity theft Have you ever clicked on what you thought was a safe website URL and then all of a sudden your browser/antivirus software blocks the webpage? Every day, I am alerted to yet another recruitment website falling victim to some sort of security incident. If you own or manage a website, YOU are responsible for your website’s security and have an implied "duty of care" to provide safe 3rd party links.
read more...How secure is your Recruitment website? Part 4 - SQL Injection11:17am Wednesday 19 August 2009
Tags: hacking security job board recruitment websites malicious code sql injection insecure job search form testing apostrophe hack database security identity theft Database security is a huge issue at the moment - imaging having your whole database stolen and distributed to your competitors or being used for identity theft? SQL Injection attacks present a serious threat to the security of a recruitment website and it is essential that adequate countermeasures are taken to prevent such an attack from being successful.
read more...My job site has been hacked. What do I do?10:16pm Sunday 05 July 2009
Tags: security job board malicious code insecure hacking personal information defacement privacy.gov.au information security security breaches recruitment website wordpress drupal google webmaster tools damage control If you think your website is safe, think again. Over the weekend 6 job sites were hacked and defaced. One of the first things that comes to my mind when I see that horrible “You’ve been hacked” message is… I wonder what information has been stolen? passwords, contact details, resumes, credit card/banking details, etc.
read more...How secure is your Recruitment website? Part 3 - Hidden iframe injection6:06pm Thursday 18 June 2009
Tags: virus ahri hrcareers.com.au iframe injection malicious code recruitment websites job board security hacking insecure twitter malware A new malware attack has been making the rounds recently. It has infected a number of recruitment web sites, job boards and hosting servers. If you suddenly find that your website is triggering your anti-virus software and flagging it as a “dangerous site”, the culprit may be the hidden iframe injection hack.
read more...How secure is your Recruitment website? Part 2 - URL Manipulation1:20pm Saturday 06 June 2009
Tags: insecure job board recruitment website hacking security url manipulation url hacking url rewriting URL manipulation is a common issue faced in all database driven sites such as job boards, resume databases, blogs or any other site where parameters are passed via the URL. By manipulating certain parts of a URL, users may be able to access files they are not supposed to have access to.
read more...How secure is your Recruitment website? Part 1 - Server Directory Listings9:08pm Thursday 28 May 2009
Tags: hacking security rcsa recruitment website job board insecure careerone monster server directory listings Every day, I am informed of another insecure recruitment website. How could this still be possible? The economic downturn has lead to an increase in data theft, with recruitment agencies one of the easiest targets. Information is an asset that, like other important business assets, has value.
read more...HTML Special Character #39 - The Apostrophe11:23am Friday 15 May 2009
Tags: testing search form online recruitment recruitment agency job board html special characters apostrophe talent2 scott recruitment ross human directions linkme legal jobs centre jobspeed jobs.co.nz jobsjobsjobs greythorn dfp recruitment clements archijobs absolute security hacking If you do not encode special characters in web forms, you run the risk of breaking the search query or the ability to insert malicious code into the database. Hackers can infiltrate your website, potentially stealing confidential data or deleting the database. I am not going to go into the technical reasons why this happens, but in most cases it is a very easy fix.
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