ATTENTION: All Joomla website owners/administrators
Our Security team received a number of alerts about website defacement on Joomla websites.
Therefore, we would like to propose you some precautions to take in order to prevent website defacement:
1) Update your Joomla components from time to time. 2) Do not install older Joomla themes/components/addons on newer a Joomla version. Although the Joomla system is allow to do so we do not recommend such installations (e.g you have Joomla 2.5 but install a Joomla component for version 2.3). 3) Remove or Delete any unused Joomla components or add-ons. 4) Change the Joomla default administrator username with another username. Default username: "admin". 5) Change your Joomla administrator password on periodic basis. Recommended: once every month. 6) Make sure all the File permissions are correct. File's Permission: 644 while Folder's permission: 755. As for "Configuration.php" file, change permission to 444. 7) Back up your Joomla on periodic basis. Recommended: at least once every month.
If you experience any issues, feel free to get back to us. Thank you.
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