<s>
MyBB	B-Language
,	O
formerly	O
MyBBoard	B-Language
and	O
originally	O
MyBulletinBoard	B-Language
,	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
forum	B-Application
software	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
the	O
MyBB	B-Language
Group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
PHP	B-Application
,	O
supports	O
MySQL	B-Application
,	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
and	O
SQLite	B-Language
as	O
database	O
systems	O
and	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
,	O
has	O
database	O
failover	B-General_Concept
support	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
available	O
in	O
multiple	O
languages	O
and	O
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
LGPL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
facilitate	O
community	O
driven	O
interaction	O
through	O
a	O
MyBB	B-Language
instance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Founded	O
as	O
DevBB	O
in	O
2002	O
by	O
Chris	O
Boulton	O
from	O
a	O
fork	O
of	O
XMB	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
public	O
release	O
(	O
RC1	O
)	O
of	O
MyBB	B-Language
was	O
published	O
on	O
10	O
December	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
n't	O
until	O
two	O
years	O
later	O
,	O
on	O
9	O
December	O
2005	O
,	O
that	O
MyBB	B-Language
1.0	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
2	O
September	O
2006	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
revised	O
and	O
rewritten	O
code	O
base	O
and	O
over	O
40	O
new	O
features	O
,	O
MyBB	B-Language
1.2	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
a	O
long	O
beta	O
phase	O
MyBB	B-Language
1.4	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
2	O
August	O
2008	O
complete	O
with	O
over	O
70	O
new	O
features	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
completely	O
revised	O
and	O
redesigned	O
Administration	O
Control	O
Panel	O
(	O
ACP	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
12	O
October	O
2008	O
,	O
MyBB	B-Language
1.4.2	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
changed	O
MyBB	B-Language
's	O
license	O
from	O
proprietary	O
to	O
GNU	B-License
GPL	I-License
v3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
change	O
in	O
license	O
was	O
driven	O
from	O
a	O
request	O
from	O
KDE	B-Application
who	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
related	O
announcement	O
,	O
launched	O
their	O
first	O
web-based	O
community	O
using	O
MyBB	B-Language
as	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
a	O
mailinglist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
2	O
May	O
2009	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
time	O
constraints	O
,	O
founder	O
Chris	O
Boulton	O
left	O
the	O
day-to-day	O
responsibilities	O
to	O
Dennis	O
Tsang	O
(	O
previously	O
the	O
Support	O
Team	O
Manager	O
)	O
who	O
took	O
over	O
as	O
Product	O
Manager	O
of	O
MyBB	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
So	O
far	O
,	O
much	O
of	O
MyBB	B-Language
's	O
development	O
happened	O
internally	O
on	O
a	O
closed	O
cycle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
switching	O
to	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
license	O
,	O
on	O
19	O
August	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
MyBB	B-Language
Group	O
opened	O
development	O
access	O
so	O
that	O
users	O
had	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
official	O
bugtracker	B-Application
and	O
read	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
subversion	B-Application
repository	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
3	O
August	O
2010	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
two	O
year	O
anniversary	O
of	O
MyBB	B-Language
1.4	O
'	O
s	O
release	O
,	O
MyBB	B-Language
1.6	O
was	O
released	O
with	O
over	O
40	O
new	O
features	O
and	O
included	O
many	O
tweaks	O
,	O
fixes	O
and	O
performance	O
optimizations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
1.6	O
series	O
is	O
distributed	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
LGPL	I-Application
v3	O
and	O
requires	O
at	O
least	O
PHP	B-Application
5.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
1.6	O
series	O
,	O
several	O
senior	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
MyBB	B-Language
Group	O
changed	O
positions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
3	O
October	O
2010	O
,	O
Tim	O
Bell	O
was	O
promoted	O
to	O
Product	O
Manager	O
with	O
responsibilities	O
of	O
running	O
the	O
day-to-day	O
operations	O
of	O
MyBB	B-Language
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
marketing	O
aspect	O
of	O
the	O
MyBB	B-Language
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dennis	O
Tsang	O
took	O
a	O
position	O
as	O
Technical	O
Advisor	O
,	O
helping	O
with	O
software	O
design	O
and	O
development	O
of	O
MyBB	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
5	O
December	O
2010	O
Ryan	O
Gordon	O
,	O
the	O
lead	O
developer	O
of	O
MyBB	B-Language
for	O
the	O
past	O
five	O
years	O
,	O
resigned	O
to	O
pursue	O
new	O
challenges	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
Tom	O
Moore	O
took	O
over	O
Ryan	O
's	O
responsibilities	O
for	O
development	O
and	O
Dylan	O
M	O
took	O
over	O
management	O
of	O
the	O
MyBB	B-Language
Merge	O
System	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MyBB	B-Language
1.6.4	O
,	O
released	O
26	O
July	O
2011	O
,	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
largest	O
MyBB	B-Language
updates	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
in	O
MyBB	B-Language
's	O
history	O
that	O
required	O
all	O
core	O
files	O
to	O
be	O
replaced	O
due	O
to	O
errors	O
in	O
previous	O
releases	O
of	O
1.6	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
to	O
include	O
feature	O
changes	O
which	O
are	O
normally	O
reserved	O
for	O
major	O
point	O
(	O
feature	O
)	O
releases	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
marred	O
upon	O
discovery	O
that	O
the	O
release	O
had	O
been	O
contaminated	O
during	O
a	O
MyBB	B-Language
server	O
breach	O
with	O
dangerous	O
code	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
exploit	O
forum	O
installations	O
running	O
1.6.4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
step	O
to	O
include	O
new	O
feature	O
updates	O
was	O
taken	O
to	O
extend	O
the	O
life	O
of	O
the	O
1.6	O
series	O
while	O
MyBB	B-Language
's	O
next	O
series	O
,	O
MyBB	B-Language
2.0	O
,	O
was	O
being	O
developed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
25	O
November	O
2011	O
,	O
MyBB	B-Language
1.6.5	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
10	O
February	O
2012	O
,	O
MyBB	B-Language
1.6.6	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
security	O
update	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MyBB	B-Language
also	O
fixed	O
a	O
bug	O
in	O
1.6.5	O
where	O
announcements	O
would	O
disappear	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
14	O
February	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
MyBB	B-Language
Group	O
announced	O
that	O
MyBB	B-Language
1.6.6	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
with	O
development	O
code	O
unintentionally	O
included	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
31	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
MyBB	B-Language
1.6.7	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
fixing	O
over	O
70	O
issues	O
,	O
and	O
introducing	O
five	O
feature	O
updates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
27	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
MyBB	B-Language
1.6.8	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
15	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
MyBB	B-Language
1.6.9	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
was	O
fixed	O
a	O
bug	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
editor	O
that	O
not	O
working	O
in	O
Firefox	B-Application
16	O
(	O
and	O
above	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
22	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
MyBB	B-Language
1.6.10	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
8	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
MyBB	B-Language
1.6.11	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
release	O
,	O
5	O
vulnerabilities	O
and	O
over	O
65	O
reported	O
issues	O
causing	O
incorrect	O
functionality	O
of	O
MyBB	B-Language
were	O
fixed	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
vulnerability	O
that	O
affected	O
users	O
using	O
a	O
MySQL	B-Application
Database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
30	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
MyBB	B-Language
1.6.12	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
release	O
,	O
4	O
vulnerabilities	O
and	O
10	O
reported	O
issues	O
causing	O
incorrect	O
functionality	O
of	O
MyBB	B-Language
were	O
fixed	O
,	O
adding	O
a	O
new	O
feature	O
:	O
support	O
for	O
4-Byte	O
UTF-8	O
Unicode	O
Encoding	O
for	O
a	O
MySQL	B-Application
Database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
26	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
MyBB	B-Language
1.6.13	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
release	O
,	O
4	O
vulnerabilities	O
and	O
38	O
reported	O
issues	O
causing	O
incorrect	O
functionality	O
of	O
MyBB	B-Language
were	O
fixed	O
,	O
solving	O
two	O
medium	O
risk	O
reported	O
vulnerabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
30	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
MyBB	B-Language
1.6.14	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
release	O
,	O
5	O
vulnerabilities	O
and	O
50	O
reported	O
issues	O
causing	O
incorrect	O
functionality	O
of	O
MyBB	B-Language
were	O
fixed	O
,	O
solving	O
two	O
medium	O
risk	O
reported	O
vulnerabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
4	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
MyBB	B-Language
1.6.15	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
20	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
MyBB	B-Language
1.6.16	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
release	O
,	O
5	O
low	O
risk	O
vulnerabilities	O
were	O
fixed	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
sanitizing	O
all	O
data	O
obtained	O
from	O
the	O
MyBB	B-Language
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MyBB	B-Language
Team	O
said	O
many	O
times	O
that	O
MyBB	B-Language
would	O
be	O
jumping	O
directly	O
from	O
MyBB	B-Language
1.6	O
to	O
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
on	O
1	O
April	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
MyBB	B-Language
group	O
announced	O
that	O
there	O
would	O
in	O
fact	O
be	O
a	O
MyBB	B-Language
1.8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MyBB	B-Language
1.8	O
will	O
feature	O
a	O
new	O
default	O
theme	O
based	O
on	O
MyBB	B-Language
lead	O
designer	O
Justin	O
S.	O
'	O
s	O
Apart	O
theme	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
post	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
say	O
that	O
MyBB	B-Language
's	O
default	O
JavaScript	B-Language
library	I-Language
would	O
be	O
changed	O
to	O
the	O
more	O
popular	O
jQuery	B-Language
from	O
the	O
current	O
Prototype	B-Language
JavaScript	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
mentioned	O
that	O
instead	O
of	O
releasing	O
an	O
official	O
anti-spam	O
plugin	O
as	O
planned	O
called	O
Spam	O
Ninja	O
,	O
the	O
MyBB	B-Language
Team	O
would	O
be	O
added	O
many	O
new	O
anti-spam	O
features	O
directly	O
to	O
the	O
MyBB	B-Language
core	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MyBB	B-Language
Team	O
also	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
development	O
SVN	B-Application
repository	O
would	O
be	O
moving	O
from	O
their	O
own	O
dev	O
site	O
at	O
to	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GitHub	B-Application
repository	O
was	O
opened	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
on	O
January	O
23	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
open	O
issues	O
on	O
the	O
development	O
site	O
were	O
moved	O
to	O
GitHub	B-Application
on	O
March	O
3	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
1	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
MyBB	B-Language
1.8	O
Beta	O
1	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
public	O
to	O
test	O
and	O
report	O
bugs	O
and	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
1	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
MyBB	B-Language
1.8	O
Beta	O
2	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
public	O
to	O
test	O
and	O
report	O
bugs	O
and	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
21	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
MyBB	B-Language
1.8	O
Beta	O
3	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
public	O
to	O
test	O
and	O
report	O
bugs	O
and	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
beta	O
release	O
before	O
MyBB	B-Language
1.8	O
went	O
'	O
gold	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
1	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
MyBB	B-Language
1.8	O
was	O
released	O
with	O
over	O
24	O
new	O
features	O
and	O
many	O
enhancements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
changes	O
include	O
:	O
a	O
new	O
theme	O
(	O
for	O
both	O
the	O
front-end	O
forum	O
and	O
back-end	O
Admin	O
CP	O
)	O
,	O
IPv6	O
features	O
,	O
soft	O
delete	O
and	O
the	O
much	O
anticipated	O
change	O
of	O
JavaScript	B-Language
library	I-Language
from	O
Prototype	B-Language
to	O
the	O
more	O
popular	O
jQuery	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
17	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
MyBB	B-Language
Merge	O
System	O
1.8	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
dropping	O
support	O
for	O
five	O
other	O
forum	B-Application
software	I-Application
versions	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
adding	O
support	O
for	O
nine	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
23	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
MyBB	B-Language
1.8.1	O
was	O
released	O
along	O
with	O
MyBB	B-Language
Merge	O
System	O
1.8.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
13	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
MyBB	B-Language
1.8.2	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
20	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
MyBB	B-Language
1.8.3	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
6	O
vulnerabilities	O
were	O
fixed	O
,	O
including	O
one	O
high	O
risk	O
SQL	O
injection	O
vulnerability	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
sanitizing	O
all	O
data	O
obtained	O
from	O
the	O
MyBB	B-Language
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
15	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
MyBB	B-Language
1.8.4	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
27	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
MyBB	B-Language
1.8.5	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
version	O
of	O
MyBB	B-Language
1.8.x	O
is	O
1.8.27	O
,	O
released	O
on	O
June	O
22	O
,	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
22	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
MyBB	B-Language
Group	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
looking	O
for	O
a	O
"	O
creative	O
doodler	O
"	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
mascot	O
for	O
MyBB	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
MyBB	B-Language
mascot	O
and	O
logo	O
were	O
officially	O
announced	O
on	O
January	O
12	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
top	O
ten	O
names	O
were	O
placed	O
into	O
a	O
poll	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
community	O
voted	O
and	O
decided	O
upon	O
the	O
name	O
"	O
Bolt	O
"	O
,	O
representing	O
MyBB	B-Language
founder	O
Chris	O
Boulton	O
and	O
the	O
speediness	O
and	O
ease	O
of	O
use	O
MyBB	B-Language
has	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
a	O
community	O
vote	O
,	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
MyBB	B-Language
2.0	O
was	O
put	O
on	O
hold	O
and	O
the	O
development	O
shifted	O
to	O
smaller	O
1.x	O
updates	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
rolled	O
out	O
in	O
a	O
quicker	O
fashion	O
,	O
starting	O
with	O
1.9	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1.9	O
will	O
feature	O
a	O
responsive	O
theme	O
written	O
with	O
the	O
Twig	B-Language
template	I-Language
system	I-Language
,	O
replace	O
the	O
current	O
editor	O
with	O
TinyMCE	B-Application
and	O
introducing	O
the	O
Swiftmailer	O
mail	O
handler	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2018	O
lead	O
developer	O
Euan	O
announced	O
a	O
beta	O
version	O
of	O
MyBB	B-Language
1.9	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
quarter	O
of	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
the	O
beta	O
of	O
MyBB	B-Language
1.9	O
had	O
not	O
yet	O
been	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
major	O
release	O
of	O
MyBB	B-Language
will	O
be	O
2.0	O
,	O
targeted	O
for	O
a	O
release	O
within	O
MyBB	B-Language
's	O
typical	O
release	O
cycle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
will	O
be	O
rewritten	O
from	O
scratch	O
in	O
a	O
MVC	O
method	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
Laravel	B-Language
PHP	B-Application
web	B-Application
application	I-Application
framework	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GitHub	B-Application
development	O
repository	O
will	O
be	O
opened	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
for	O
contributions	O
and	O
an	O
alpha	O
download	O
released	O
once	O
the	O
new	O
code-base	O
becomes	O
"	O
working	O
software	O
with	O
all	O
the	O
basics	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
MyBB	B-Language
2.0	O
was	O
put	O
on	O
hold	O
in	O
June	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
27	O
April	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
MyBB	B-Language
Group	O
started	O
a	O
donation	O
drive	O
in	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
purchase	O
the	O
mybb.com	O
domain	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Just	O
a	O
month	O
later	O
,	O
on	O
27	O
May	O
2010	O
,	O
MyBB.com	O
was	O
transferred	O
and	O
in	O
use	O
across	O
the	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MyBB	B-Language
supports	O
multiple	O
database	O
engines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
currently	O
supports	O
MySQL	B-Application
,	O
PgSQL	B-Application
,	O
and	O
SQLite	B-Language
v2	O
and	O
v3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MyBB	B-Language
also	O
supports	O
database	O
failover	B-General_Concept
support	I-General_Concept
so	O
that	O
if	O
one	O
database	O
fails	O
,	O
MyBB	B-Language
will	O
load	O
the	O
next	O
database	O
on	O
the	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Master	B-Operating_System
and	I-Operating_System
slave	I-Operating_System
databases	I-Operating_System
are	O
also	O
configurable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MyBB	B-Language
claims	O
to	O
be	O
extensible	O
and	O
readily	O
customizable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MyBB	B-Language
plugins	O
are	O
written	O
in	O
PHP	B-Application
and	O
utilize	O
hooking	O
techniques	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
other	O
software	O
like	O
WordPress	B-Application
,	O
plugins	O
need	O
to	O
be	O
uploaded	O
via	O
FTP	B-Protocol
as	O
uploading	O
from	O
the	O
admin	O
panel	O
is	O
not	O
supported	O
without	O
a	O
plugin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
this	O
is	O
a	O
considerable	O
advantage	O
over	O
the	O
old	O
extension	O
method	O
used	O
by	O
phpBB	B-Application
where	O
all	O
modifications	O
are	O
core	O
file	O
edits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MyBB	B-Language
Themes	O
are	O
written	O
inside	O
the	O
Admin	O
Control	O
Panel	O
,	O
and	O
exported	O
as	O
an	O
XML	B-Protocol
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
XML	B-Protocol
file	O
includes	O
all	O
modified	O
MyBB	B-Language
templates	O
and	O
CSS	B-Language
stylesheets	I-Language
,	O
which	O
is	O
redistributed	O
alongside	O
any	O
extra	O
resources	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
images	O
)	O
in	O
a	O
Zip	B-General_Concept
file	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
over	O
2,400	O
plugins	O
and	O
themes	O
on	O
the	O
MyBB	B-Language
mods	O
website	O
,	O
some	O
of	O
which	O
add	O
additional	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
alerts	O
,	O
shoutboxes	O
,	O
profile	O
features	O
,	O
user	O
tagging	O
,	O
and	O
many	O
other	O
extensions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
other	O
MyBB	B-Language
resource	O
sites	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
MyBBCentral	O
or	O
MyBB-Plugins	O
also	O
offer	O
exclusive	O
,	O
and	O
sometimes	O
paid	O
,	O
plugins	O
and	O
themes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MyBB	B-Language
has	O
a	O
relatively	O
low-risk	O
security	O
record	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2008	O
,	O
MyBB	B-Language
performed	O
a	O
security	O
audit	O
(	O
provided	O
by	O
GulfTech	O
)	O
which	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
MyBB	B-Language
1.4.2	O
on	O
17	O
September	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MyBB	B-Language
Group	O
put	O
security	O
first	O
,	O
giving	O
it	O
the	O
highest	O
priority	O
,	O
to	O
the	O
extent	O
that	O
the	O
MyBB	B-Language
website	O
has	O
a	O
"	O
Security	O
Hall	O
of	O
Fame	O
"	O
to	O
recognise	O
those	O
who	O
responsibly	O
disclose	O
vulnerabilities	O
in	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2011	O
,	O
MyBB	B-Language
found	O
3rd	O
party	O
code	O
had	O
contaminated	O
the	O
1.6.4	O
release	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
found	O
that	O
a	O
security	O
flaw	O
in	O
the	O
custom	O
CMS	B-Protocol
mybb.com	O
uses	O
to	O
power	O
its	O
website	O
allowed	O
a	O
malicious	O
user	O
to	O
alter	O
the	O
download	O
files	O
to	O
include	O
their	O
own	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
the	O
intrusion	O
,	O
the	O
MyBB	B-Language
Group	O
now	O
hosts	O
downloads	O
via	O
GitHub	B-Application
to	O
ensure	O
the	O
security	O
of	O
a	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Forum	O
Security	O
section	O
on	O
the	O
MyBB	B-Language
Community	O
Forums	O
opened	O
in	O
2011	O
to	O
provide	O
support	O
for	O
users	O
who	O
have	O
been	O
a	O
victim	O
of	O
an	O
exploit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Throughout	O
2011	O
,	O
automated	O
registrations	O
caused	O
forum	O
spam	O
in	O
many	O
MyBB	B-Language
powered	O
forums	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
MyBB	B-Language
1.6.5	O
,	O
released	O
on	O
25	O
November	O
2011	O
,	O
additional	O
methods	O
were	O
added	O
to	O
help	O
administrators	O
locate	O
spam	O
users	O
and	O
manage	O
them	O
effectively	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
providing	O
standard	O
reCAPTCHA	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2012	O
,	O
hacktivist	O
group	O
UGNazi	O
gained	O
unauthorized	O
control	O
over	O
the	O
MyBB.com	O
domain	O
name	O
using	O
a	O
social	O
engineering	O
technique	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
attack	O
appears	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
motivated	O
by	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
MyBB	B-Language
software	O
by	O
a	O
third-party	O
website	O
,	O
HackForums	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MyBB	B-Language
Merge	O
System	O
was	O
first	O
developed	O
in	O
early	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MyBB	B-Language
Merge	O
System	O
1.6	O
allows	O
conversions	O
from	O
Invision	B-Protocol
Power	I-Protocol
Board	I-Protocol
,	O
phpBB	B-Application
,	O
Simple	B-Protocol
Machines	I-Protocol
Forum	I-Protocol
,	O
PunBB	B-Language
,	O
bbPress	B-Application
,	O
or	O
vBulletin	B-Protocol
to	O
MyBB	B-Language
,	O
or	O
merge	O
MyBB	B-Language
installations	O
together	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MyBB	B-Language
Merge	O
System	O
1.8	O
allows	O
conversions	O
from	O
bbPress	B-Application
version	O
2.5	O
,	O
FluxBB	B-Language
,	O
Invision	B-Protocol
Power	I-Protocol
Board	I-Protocol
versions	O
3	O
and	O
4	O
(	O
Pre	O
Release	O
Version	O
)	O
,	O
MyBB	B-Language
version	O
1.8	O
(	O
merge	O
)	O
,	O
phpBB	B-Application
version	O
3	O
,	O
SMF	B-Protocol
versions	O
1.1	O
and	O
2.0	O
,	O
PunBB	B-Language
version	O
1.2	O
,	O
Vanilla	B-Language
,	O
vBulletin	B-Protocol
versions	O
3	O
and	O
4	O
,	O
WoltLab	O
Burning	O
Board	O
versions	O
3	O
,	O
4	O
and	O
Lite	O
2	O
,	O
XenForo	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
MyBB	B-Language
had	O
a	O
9.6	O
out	O
of	O
ten	O
review	O
at	O
forum-software.org	O
and	O
was	O
named	O
the	O
best	O
free	O
forum	B-Application
software	I-Application
of	O
2008	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
2011	O
and	O
2012	O
by	O
the	O
same	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
