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title: "JUGL Meeting Overview Feb 2013"
description: "We help designers, developers, hobbyists and business owners get the most out of the Joomla CMS.  Join us at our free monthly meetups, and let us help you with your Joomla projects."
url: "https://www.joomlalondon.co.uk/jugl-joomla-news/meetups/jugl-meeting-overview-feb-2013"
date: "2026-09-09T18:58:37+00:00"
language: "en-GB"
---

#  JUGL Meeting Overview Feb 2013

    Details    Written by: [Gary Barclay](https://www.joomlalondon.co.uk/organisers/gary-barclay)   Category: [Monthly Meetups](https://www.joomlalondon.co.uk/jugl-joomla-news/meetups)    Published: 12 January 2018    Last Updated: 12 January 2018  Some new faces tonight which was good to see.

Prcoeedings started with a brief talk from Phil about Joomla 3.0 and the update cycle. No major changes in the 2.5.9 upgrade....

Hugh's talk on hacking:

1. Initial hack done through an old version of JCE
2. A file is uploaded limited to the files types set in JCE config
3. The file that is uploaded conforms to all the mine type specs but within it is a simple PHP script.
4. Then a complicated mechanism is used to rename the mine type file to a PHP file which then allows the hacker to upload any types of file.
5. An individual or group going by the name of Hmei7 are responsible for the hack which is primarily a commercial attempt to sell your site.

They do use a spider to search for vulnerability which can leave a trace in the form of a couple of files:

- X.txt may be one of these.
- Susu.php
- X.txt
- 0day.php or 0day.gif
- Default.php
- Story.gif

Couple of tools that helped...Akeeba AdminTools and [MyJoomla Tools](http://myjoomla.com/) although this later one brought about a side discussion which suggested some caution to be excercised with this tool.

..I'm sorry but after that I stopped taking notes but it wasn't long before we were all wrapped up in the pub...

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