First, I want to thank everyone who has supported HivePostify. This post has been delayed a few days due to a personal loss. A close friend (Nasir Aslam) lost his mother, and it hit me hard. Please keep his family in your prayers.
HivePostify.Cloud is now A+ on Security Headers
Over the last four to five days, I have been working on improving the security of HivePostify.Cloud. Today, I am happy to announce that our security grade has moved from A to A+.
Old Security
A to A+
You can verify this yourself here:
🔗 https://securityheaders.com/?q=hivepostify.cloud&followRedirects=on
This is not just a number. It means we have properly implemented:
Strict-Transport-SecuritywithpreloadContent-Security-Policywith a strict allowlistX-Content-Type-OptionsReferrer-PolicyPermissions-Policyframe-ancestorsin CSP (replacing the oldX-Frame-Optionsapproach)
We are always improving. Things are never perfect from day one. They get better with time, and we are committed to that.
A respectful note for the
team
I want to be clear: I respect Ecency ( Team) a lot. It is a great platform, one of the most important frontends on the Hive blockchain. It serves many users every day.
However, I have spent several hours over the last week or two doing basic security research on Ecency, and I am genuinely concerned. Even with simple, publicly available tools, I found several security weaknesses that could put users at risk.
A quick check on SecurityHeaders shows Ecency currently scores a B:
🔗 https://securityheaders.com/?q=ecency.com&followRedirects=on
Here are some specific concerns I noticed:
Content-Security-Policyis missing entirelyPermissions-Policyis not setaccess-control-allow-origin: *is set globally, which is a very broad CORS policy- Missing
Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy,Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy, andCross-Origin-Resource-Policy
I will publish a more detailed report with proper analysis soon, but I wanted to raise this now because Ecency has a very large user base. Any vulnerability there is not just an Ecency problem; it could affect the broader Hive community.
I am not here to criticize. I am saying this because I care about the ecosystem we are all building together. The Ecency team is talented, and I trust they will take action on this.
Final words
Security is never finished. We keep improving, and I hope every team on Hive takes it seriously. If you are running a Hive frontend or service, please check your headers and update them regularly.
Remember me in your prayers.