The Joomla Security Strike Team!
The Joomla Project introduced a new team focused solely on managing and improving Joomla security—the Joomla Security Strike Team.
The JSST replaces the previous Joomla Security Team by assembling a top-notch group of Joomla experts, complemented by security talent recruited from outside Joomla. Together, part of their goal is to investigate and respond to security matters.
JSST leader Anthony Ferrara is excited about what this means for Joomla security. “We’re already well into our first mission—a low-level code audit and a deeper look into every reported vulnerability since 1.5.0 alpha.”
The Security Center offers the community a transparency over how security issues are handled.
“The Joomla Core Team has been planning a new security team for a few months now in order to improve efficiency and effectiveness. The previous team worked in relative isolation, but the new Strike Team will have a strong public-facing presence,” said Ferrara.
Win a free Joomla T-Shirt
Being a community run project, the JSST would like the rest of the joomla team to submit and report vulnerabilities. For each verified security breach reported, the JSST will send the user a free Joomla t-shirt. You can submit here and, should it be verified as a vulnerability, you could bag yourself a joomla T-Shirt!
You can view the JSST activity at Joomla Security Center.
You can also subscribe to the JSST news feed, which provides up-to-the-minute notification of security issues as they arise.
