Miadhu, one of Technova's recently launched websites, was attacked yesterday. The intruder gained access to the site via our custom developed Content Management System(CMS) backend that handles the management operations of the site. Access to the CMS was gained by means of password guessing - a work which was made unbelievably trivial with the presence of an account name and password to match - "miadhu" for both! The attackers then attempted to delete existing content and to add data to the website of which the latter they managed to execute successfully. They left behind random messages in the articles they added - messages that were as deep and simple as a "kekeke" to ones dissing Jabir and President Maumoon.

Miadhu notified us of the intrusion and we spent a good hour rummaging through the logs, mapping out the actions of the attacker and assessing the damage. Patching the door through which the attackers entered only involved changing account names and passwords in addition to advising the client to maintain secure password policies.

The website is now back running as it were...

The official website for Technova finally limped onto the net today. Completed with the design and layout work by Immi, the website is the first in a series of planned developments over the coming weeks as per a recent company resolution to strengthen our online presence and services. The website currently contains some basic information about us, our projects and services. We hope to load it up soon a stash of in-house programmed commercial software and enough of free utilities and services.

Meanwhile, if you or your business is interested in developing a desktop software or designing a website/web application, do feel free to drop us a line.

The Technova site resides at http://www.technova.com.mv/

The very first website development project of Technova Pvt. Ltd. rolled out of the assembly lines a few weeks ago and has been officially made public. Our project client, SAARC Coastal Zone Management Centre, launched the website in a ceremony held today. The project had a good chunk of the work handled by me and features design work by yours truly as well.

The website is now accessible at http://www.sczmc.org/

As always, comments and suggestions are welcome