Last time we gave you our highly esteemed readers a list of
the best security plugins for your wordpress blog or website.Today, we shall be
looking at a very comprehensive list of joomla security plugins. Every web
developer whteher you write code from the scratch like me or you make use of opensource scripts, would
agree with me that in creating of web applications, security is paramount. And
this is because everyday various hackers such as script kiddies and
professional hackers are always seeking for new ways to to destroy websites
which we labor so hard to code and
therefore is our duty as web developers, to make sure we keep them out by
making our websites hard to break making sure we keep them out very well.
Joomla is one of the most popularly known
open source scripts powering at least 30,000 websites today ranging from
official websites to even small medium sized social networks and even web
portals. Therefore being so porpular, this makes it a very good playground for
hackers to help them make a name. Below are the list of the best joomla security
plugins in no particular order;
1)
RSFirewall: It is a multipurpose joomla
extension that can help to protect your joomla website from hackers, using
various techniques such as file watch, client requests checking and italso help
to protect your website from various intrusions and hacker attacks.
2)
Securitycheck pro: It helps to protect your
joomla website from popularly known attacks such as Sql Injection, LFI (local
file inclusion),RFI (remote file inclusion),
XSS (cross site scripting attacks) and bruteforce website
requesting attacks like the use of LOIC
(low orbit ion cannon).
3)
OSE joomla antivirus: It does the same work that
your antivirus does on your computer on your website such as watching your
website for malicious file uploads such as shell file uploads like c99,r99,zero
day (Nigerian made custom shell ) and even custom shells created completely by
hackers and it also filters requests that are being sent to your webserver
through your website.
4)
HTTPBL- project honeypot blocklists: This plugin
helps you as the webmaster block various kind of robots that may not be
favourable to your website such as dictionary attackers, comment spammers and
even mail harvesters e.t.c. I as an i.c.t. consultant, personally doesn’t
recommend this and this is because it
works with the technique of blacklisting rather than whitelisting which is
better. Please I am not disapproving
this tool so to say but rather, I am just saying that I don’t recommend it.
5)
Admin tools:
This tool is more focused on offering the admin of a joomla website
maximum protection by always notifying you of new joomla releases, password
protecting your admin directory incase an attacker mistakenly gains access to
your website’s directory, even if he can touch and alter other files, he can do
nothing on the admin directory and it also contains many other tools for
protecting a joomla website’s admin panel.
6)
Marco Sql injection: It protects your website
from sql injection attacks and from local file inclusion attacks using the
latest techniques as this is the major website hacking technique use these
days.
7)
Incapsula: it allows you to monitor your
website’s performance at all times usually useful to protect your website from
certain kinds of continuous requests, being sent by a highly automated softwares
like loic and command prompt. These kind of attack is known as a DOS attack
(Denial Of Service Attack).
8)
Security Check: It also protects your website
from LFI (local file inclusion), RFI (remote file inclusion) and also cross
site scripting attacks.
9)
Jhackguard:
It also help protect your website from attacks like LFI (local file
inclusion), RFI (remote file inclusion) and XSS (cross site scripting) and also
DOS (denial of service attacks) e.t.c.
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