{"id":1586,"date":"2018-03-15T11:47:16","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T10:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.internetvista.com\/?p=1586"},"modified":"2018-05-28T08:50:30","modified_gmt":"2018-05-28T07:50:30","slug":"website-defacement-trick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.internetvista.com\/en\/website-defacement-trick\/","title":{"rendered":"Use this simple trick to save your website from defacement! [Tips]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you know what&#8217;s worst than downtime?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Website defacement!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Because when your content disappears, it&#8217;s like having no site at all&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>A few years ago, Vogue U.K went through an awkward situation. <!--more-->One part of its site&#8217;s content was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueshoon.com\/the-5-funniest-hacked-website-defacements-ive-ever-seen\/\">replaced by dinosaurs<\/a> wearing fancy hats.\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">While it might sound funny, it hurt the company&#8217;s image!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1653\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.internetvista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/vogue-website-defaced-1.jpg\" alt=\"uk vogue's website defaced \" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.internetvista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/vogue-website-defaced-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.internetvista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/vogue-website-defaced-1-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The problem is neither uptime nor <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.internetvista.com\/en\/site-content-monitoring\/\">content monitoring<\/a> will necessary detect it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Because unlike your content, your website is available!<\/p>\n<p>But don&#8217;t panic, there is a solution.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll show you how to <strong>detect ANY changes <\/strong>made on your website with a simple trick. Avoid ending-up like Vogue and be alerted when your site is victim of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/webmasters\/answer\/2721435?hl=en\">content hacking<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Here&#8217;s what you&#8217;ll discover in this post:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"#impacts\">What are the direct impacts?\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"#why\">Why your site&#8217;s content disappeared?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"#trick\">How to prevent your site to be defaced?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[alert type=&#8221;success&#8221; icon-size=&#8221;hide-icon&#8221;]\u23f1<strong>Estimated reading time:<\/strong> 3 minutes[\/alert]<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"impacts\">The direct impacts of website defacement<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.internetvista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/graffiti.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1676 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.internetvista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/graffiti-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"branding damage\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.internetvista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/graffiti-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.internetvista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/graffiti-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.internetvista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/graffiti-768x513.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.internetvista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/graffiti.jpeg 1963w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Website defacement is similar to <strong>graffiti on a wall<\/strong>, only it happens virtually&#8230; and on your site! It implies that your website&#8217;s appearance changed and was replaced by either pictures\/words.<\/p>\n<p>And all of that against your will.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, it shows to the world that your website is weak!<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"1\"><strong>Impact #1: Company&#8217;s image (Branding) \ud83c\udfe2<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In 2016, Castorama&#8217;s (French DYI) <a href=\"https:\/\/nakedsecurity.sophos.com\/2016\/06\/10\/diy-stores-poisoned-search-engine-returns-nasty-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website was hacked<\/a>. Its search engine was poisoned and\u00a0returned <a href=\"http:\/\/bfmbusiness.bfmtv.com\/entreprise\/des-mots-choquants-apparaissent-sur-le-site-de-castorama-981990.html\">nasty results<\/a>\u00a0such as \u201csaw to cut a body\u201d or &#8220;Hammer to kill&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.internetvista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/screenshot-castorama-site-hacked.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1689\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.internetvista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/screenshot-castorama-site-hacked-1024x563.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.internetvista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/screenshot-castorama-site-hacked-1024x563.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.internetvista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/screenshot-castorama-site-hacked-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.internetvista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/screenshot-castorama-site-hacked-768x422.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.20minutes.fr\/insolite\/1861771-20160608-moteur-recherche-castorama-pirate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source: 20minutes.fr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just like for Vogue&#8217;s site, visitors spread the awkward news through social media (mostly <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BOUMEDIANE\/status\/740645061600419841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>). Castorama noticed it only a few hours later and c<span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">losed down the website to fix the issue. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Consequently, it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>killed its credibility<\/strong><\/span> after the media exposure!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.internetvista.com\/en\/ecommerce-monitoring-tips\/#4\">Apply this tip<\/a> for avoiding Castorama&#8217;s situation.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"2\"><strong>Impact #2: Lower page ranking (SEO) \ud83d\udd0d<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Ranking high in Google&#8217;s SERP is hard. Because there are <a href=\"https:\/\/backlinko.com\/google-ranking-factors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">too many factors<\/a> which needs to be taken into account. In top of that, you need to be aware of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchenginejournal.com\/the-complete-list-of-google-penalties-and-how-to-recover\/201510\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">google&#8217;s penalties<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>One of them is <a href=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/guide\/google-penalties\/hacked-content-spam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hacked content spam<\/a>. If your defaced website is flagged as harming users, Google will add you in its blacklist.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, you could loose up to <strong>95% of your traffic<\/strong> from search organic result. And yes, this happened in real life as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stateofdigital.com\/website-hacked-manual-penalty-google\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">explained in this post<\/a>!<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stateofdigital.com\/website-hacked-manual-penalty-google\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1662\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.internetvista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/google-penalty-revoked.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"648\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.internetvista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/google-penalty-revoked.jpg 648w, https:\/\/blog.internetvista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/google-penalty-revoked-300x74.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"3\"><strong>Impact #3: Sales opportunity (Business) \ud83d\udcb8<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>First impression matters!<\/p>\n<p>People buy from <a href=\"https:\/\/conversionxl.com\/blog\/website-credibility-checklist-factors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">websites they trust.<\/a>\u00a0That&#8217;s the reason why<strong> credibility <\/strong>is the biggest challenge when selling online. The problem is web defacement literally kills it!<\/p>\n<p>Imagine if Amazon&#8217;s homepage is suddenly replaced by dinosaurs.<\/p>\n<p>Would you really trust it?<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"why\">Why your site&#8217;s content disappeared?<\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Possible reasons:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A website release went wrong<\/li>\n<li>An intern messed-up with the code<\/li>\n<li>Hackers defaced your website<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While you could blame your colleagues for the first reasons, the last one should worry you. Because it means someone found a way to get into your system&#8230; without you noticed it!<\/p>\n<h3>What techniques are used to deface a website?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.internetvista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/defacement-techniques.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1728\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.internetvista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/defacement-techniques-1024x529.png\" alt=\"What techniques are used to deface a website?\" width=\"640\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.internetvista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/defacement-techniques-1024x529.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.internetvista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/defacement-techniques-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.internetvista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/defacement-techniques-768x397.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.internetvista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/defacement-techniques.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/2Zl80uqruUU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source: unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The most common methods are via:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\ud83c\udf0e\u00a0The web server-\u00a0<\/strong>once the credentials are obtained through <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File_Transfer_Protocol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FTP<\/a>, defacers can easily manipulate the pages hosted on the server.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\ud83d\udda5\u00a0Compromised CMS-\u00a0<\/strong>WordPress is the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.softpedia.com\/news\/wordpress-continues-to-be-by-far-the-most-hacked-cms-508558.shtml\">most targeted CMS<\/a> by hackers. According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wptemplate.com\/tutorials\/safety-and-security-of-wordpress-blog-infographic.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WP study<\/a>, sites get hacked due to inssecured <strong>themes<\/strong>\u00a0(29%) or <strong>plugins<\/strong> (22%).<\/li>\n<li><strong>\ud83d\udc89\u00a0SQL injection-\u00a0<\/strong>Hackers exploit a vulnerability and insert a malicious statement into your site. This is what happened to Castorama (<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.internetvista.com\/en\/website-defacement-trick#impacts\">See impact 1<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Why do people deface websites?<\/h3>\n<p>The main reason is to <strong>get attention<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The motive behind is to spread a message, whether it&#8217;s:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Political<\/li>\n<li>Religious<\/li>\n<li>To make fun<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In worst cases, web defacement is used as a trojan horse to install a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malware\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">malware<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hackmageddon.com\/2018\/01\/17\/2017-cyber-attacks-statistics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Recent statistics<\/a> showed that website defacement is the 7th techniques most used by hackers in 2017.\u00a0They usually <a href=\"https:\/\/nakedsecurity.sophos.com\/2017\/11\/08\/hijackers-deface-800-school-websites-with-pro-islamic-state-messages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">target public institutions<\/a>, media or corporate websites.<\/p>\n<p>Thinking you&#8217;re out of the wood ?<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.avast.com\/2013\/11\/12\/top-3-types-of-hacks-against-small-websites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study from Avast<\/a>, defacement is the top type of hacks used <strong>against small websites!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/yumyoshojin\/image\/upload\/v1\/pdf\/cyber-risk-resilience-2017.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1459\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.internetvista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/infographic-why-hackers-hack-1024x879.jpg\" alt=\"Reasons why hackers hack websites\" width=\"640\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.internetvista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/infographic-why-hackers-hack-1024x879.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.internetvista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/infographic-why-hackers-hack-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.internetvista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/infographic-why-hackers-hack-768x659.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.internetvista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/infographic-why-hackers-hack.jpg 1822w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>Source: Raconteur<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"trick\">How to prevent your website from defacement?<\/h2>\n<p>Simply by not allowing any changes from your original website&#8217;s content.<\/p>\n<p>As shown in the GIF below, all you have to do is setting up an <strong>&#8220;exact match&#8221;<\/strong>. This trick will help\u00a0you to be alerted as soon as any <strong>physical changes<\/strong> is made on your site!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfd\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Tutorials:<\/strong><\/span> Learn how to monitor a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Tl5HQUw2z-g\">tracking code (G.A)<\/a><\/strong> and an <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7tMkpcusUKk\">e-commerce product page<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.internetvista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/website-defacement-trick.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1733 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.internetvista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/website-defacement-trick.gif\" alt=\"Here's how to prevent your website from defacement\" width=\"1074\" height=\"594\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[alert type=&#8221;success&#8221; icon-size=&#8221;hide-icon&#8221;]If you&#8217;re wondering what&#8217;s in the matching sentence, please check <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.internetvista.com\/en\/site-content-monitoring\/#tip2\">this post!<\/a><\/strong>[\/alert]<\/p>\n<h2>Outsmart hackers now!<\/h2>\n<p>Web defacement is a pledge.<\/p>\n<p>Because it ruins all of your credibility in front of everyone!<\/p>\n<p>Above the branding damage, your business could also suffer from SEO and sales impacts.\u00a0As we&#8217;ve seen in the examples, all types of website are at risk to be targeted by hackers.<\/p>\n<p>Not allowing content change helps you to prevent from it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you know what&#8217;s worst than downtime? 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