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Joomla Security — Blog

Adding reCAPTCHA to Joomla Registration and Contact Form

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Written by: Milos Stankovic
Published: 21 May 2021
Last Updated: 21 May 2021
Adding reCAPTCHA to Joomla

reCAPTCHA is one of Google's services that helps you to fight against spammers. Spambots are software created to do something on your website itself (without help or interaction with human). Actually, spambots do the same tasks on thousands of websites of the same kind. They have the common purposes: to add some content to your website (forum post, comment, etc.) or send an email from your website.

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5 Actionable Steps to Ensure Secure Payment Transactions in 2021

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Written by: Daniel Williams
Published: 13 April 2021
Last Updated: 28 December 2021
Secure Payment Transactions

As convenient as it sounds, online payment systems have their struggles to deal with. Since cybercrimes are on the rise, online payment security has become a paramount concern for businesses. People have lost $32.39 billion last year due to payment fraud and are expected to rise to $40.62 billion by 2027. In other words, payment crimes will hike by 25% in the next six years.

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How remote browser isolation can protect your Joomla site from threats

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Written by: Carol Trehearn
Published: 08 April 2021
Last Updated: 25 August 2022
Remote browser isolation

Cybersecurity is something that pretty much everyone worries about these days. The threats are becoming more sophisticated and setting up a company website through a content management system such as Joomla is becoming easier and easier. That’s why learning how to keep your business’s website and general online activity safe and secure is crucial.

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Running A Blog: What Are The Online Risks?

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Written by: Carol Trehearn
Published: 24 May 2019
Last Updated: 26 August 2022
Running A Blog: What Are The Online Risks?

The number of people running their blogs is rising each day and it is easy to see why. Blogging can be a fantastic way to share your expertise, and connect with like-minded people and it can be a rewarding pursuit. Not only this, but blogging can also be a good way to earn money, whether this is a bit on the side or as your main source of income. It is easy to see why so many people are starting their blogs but it is also important that people are aware of the risks attached to blogging as in today’s digital age there are many online threats and blogging can open you up to several risks.

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Five Security Measures You Must Do Before Setting Up Your Online Business

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Written by: Carol Trehearn
Published: 28 March 2019
Last Updated: 02 September 2020
Antivirus software

Operating online as a business is non-negotiable in this day and age. Far too many small businesses don’t have a website up and running to help grow their following and bring in new customers to either their ecommerce platform or physical store. The only issue with having a website is that it opens up risk. This risk is no reason to avoid setting up a web presence, however. As soon as you sync up your data online in any way your company is at risk. That is why instead of avoiding the issue you need to instead implement these five security measures to reduce risk and protect both yours and your customers’ data.

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Don’t Ignore These 5 Ways to Keep Your Joomla Website Secure

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Written by: Carol Trehearn
Published: 27 February 2019
Last Updated: 01 September 2020
Keep Joomla! Website Secure

As one of the leading open source Content Management Systems (CMS), you may be questioning whether or not it will be difficult to keep your site safe. After all, anyone familiar with coding can probably hack your site since it’s open source, right? Not exactly! The key is to remember that there is no one-size-fits all when it comes to Internet security, and the more precautions you take, the safer your Joomla site will be.

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How To Enable Two-Factor Authentication in Joomla

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Written by: Daniel Bishop
Published: 20 December 2018
Last Updated: 27 June 2020
Joomla Two-Factor Authentication

The importance of two-factor authentication simply cannot be overstated. Why? Because the majority of passwords people use are not strong enough to protect their accounts. Fortunately, Joomla has been offering two-factor authentication ever since the 3.2 version became available to consumers. In fact, Joomla is one of the first CMS to actually implement it as a part of their security options.

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Tips on Keeping Your Website Secure

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Written by: Carol Trehearn
Published: 07 December 2018
Last Updated: 01 September 2020
Tips on Keeping Your Website Secure

The internet is a great tool, however, it is also used by hackers who want to steal information. It could be for many reasons, such as creating false identities, accessing bank details, or finding out financial information about a business. As the internet evolves, hackers are finding more sophisticated ways to access information. Thankfully, there are ways you can help prevent cyber-attacks. This guide gives you some tips on keeping your website secure.

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Drupal or Joomla - Which CMS Handles Website Security Better?

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Written by: Evans Walsh
Published: 17 July 2017
Last Updated: 27 June 2020
Drupal or Joomla

Drupal and Joomla, both are the open source content management systems (CMSs) doing great business across the industry. However, when it comes to the issue of website security, especially when a company is exposing its content-change access to non-employees, users always like to work with CMSs that value their concerns.

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Fix PHPMailer Exploit

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Written by: Milos Stankovic
Published: 28 December 2016
Last Updated: 30 August 2022
PHPMailer

An exploit has been discovered in the PHPMailer library recently. We are using the AcyMailing Starter component in a few of our templates. As AcyMailing uses its version of PHPMailer you need to update it apart from any Joomla! update.

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8 Pro Tips to Safeguard your Joomla Website

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Written by: Kerin Miller
Published: 14 November 2016
Last Updated: 27 June 2020
Pro Tips to Safeguard your Joomla Website

Joomla has always been the preferred choice for the Content Management System. It is being used for many years and offers a number of excellent features using which you can easily manage your content. So the ease of use is definitely a big factor which seeks the attention of the people. However, websites designed by using Joomla are always prone to security issues and therefore it is necessary to dig out ways on how to secure Joomla website. If you too have a Joomla website and want to keep it secure, you have come to the right place.

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How To Disable Signatures In Kunena

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Written by: Milos Stankovic
Published: 09 June 2014
Last Updated: 29 September 2022

Forums are one of the most popular online tools for communication between regular users and giving support, but it's also popular among spammers.

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Protect K2 Comments From Spam

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Written by: Milos Stankovic
Published: 20 September 2012
Last Updated: 30 August 2022
k2 not protected from comments spam

K2 is probably the most popular Joomla component today. It enables Joomla with two very important features that in our opinion should be incorporated into the core Joomla. Besides the many other features, the two most important features are content tagging and comments on articles. The comment form in your article pages is one of the most often used for spamming. There's no better way for a spammer to get a link from your site than to leave a pointless comment on your article.

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Joomla 1.5 Security Checklist

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Written by: Milos Stankovic
Published: 23 October 2009
Last Updated: 16 May 2022

Is your Joomla website hacked recently? Is this repeating from time to time? Did your web hosting provider warn you that your account may be suspended if this repeats again? Even if all your answers are "no", it's still recommended to follow these security steps to make your Joomla website secure.

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