Comments on: Hack Your Own Site

By: human bagel

human bagel — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:49:00 +0000

Being in the web security business, I attempt to hack my own site constantly.

The last exploit I found was a CSRF, and before that it was a vulnerability in my captcha system that could allow a bypass.

More people need to be aware of these threats so I can stop getting calls about XSS exploits in EVERYTHING.

By: Website Security For Beginners - Fantastic Web Design

Website Security For Beginners - Fantastic Web Design — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 06:11:28 +0000

[...] If you're interested in finding out about specific exploits, how they work, and how to protect against them, be sure to check out my other post on the subject, Hack Your Own Site. [...]

By: Abdullah Al Mamun

Abdullah Al Mamun — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:25:39 +0000

Awesome! great post.....
Thanks a lot for sharing.

By: testme

testme — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 05:15:27 +0000

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By: WordPress Security Guide For Beginners - Fantastic Web Design

WordPress Security Guide For Beginners - Fantastic Web Design — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:02:22 +0000

[...] your own non-WordPress site, you might want to take a look at an older post here at FWebDe called Hack Your Own Site, which will teach you how to test certain exploits on your site, and how to fix [...]

By: Eric Bannatyne

Eric Bannatyne — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:50:14 +0000

Yeah, that's why I included that line saying to only use these techniques to evaluate your own site's security. I don't think someone would be too happy if you tested their site's security :P

By: Don

Don — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:27:23 +0000

This is a great concept. I have tried to hack other peoples sites before (on a purely educational, non-malicious way. Sites like hackthissite.com and stuff like that lol), but I never thought to do my own. I guess that if you knew what you were doing, then you really could be effective at finding such vulnerabilities.

Thanks for the thought provoker. :)

By: Eric Bannatyne

Eric Bannatyne — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:20:54 +0000

Glad you liked it! That's partly what actually inspired me to write this post.

By: Chad @ Tech201

Chad @ Tech201 — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:07:48 +0000

Killer post. Thanks for giving examples. Most people tend to speak theoretically about how sites get hacked, which does very little good to those of us who actually understand this stuff and WANT details.