phpBB Forum Down After Defacement

kv9 writes "The phpBB forum has been closed down after the host was cracked into, apparently because of an AWStats hole. Several blogs have been attacked using the same method. Commentary on Netcraft, The Reg and SecurityFocus"

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Re:Meanwhile

[isn't my name]

Perl forum still up and running. Conclusion? Obvious.

It says they write more careful--or less widespread--perl.

The awstats exploit that was used here makes use of poorly written perl that failed to validate user input. Of course, had you read the article, you would know that.