Preventing the attempts of abusing cheap-hosting Web-servers for monetization attacks
This addresses security vulnerabilities for small websites and clients who may be unaware of threats, though it appears incremental in nature.
The paper tackles the problem of security threats to websites using popular open-source frameworks like WordPress and Joomla, particularly for small targets, by presenting an effective countermeasure against monetization attacks.
Over the past decades, the web is always one of the most popular targets of hackers. Today, along with the popular usage of open sources such as Wordpress and Joomla, the explosion of the vulnerabilities in such frameworks causes the websites using them to face numerous security threats. Unfortunately, many clients and small companies may not be aware of these serious security threats and call a rescuer only when the website is hacked, compromised, or blocked by the search engines. In this paper, we present an effective counter against such threats, including monetization attempts in the less valuable targets such as small websites.