by Visakh S | Jul 20, 2016 | cPanel, Plesk, Server Administration
On 18th July, our security team was alerted to a series of vulnerabilities called HTTPoxy. It allows attackers to steal data from CGI enabled web servers. As of this writing, patches only available for Litespeed, but we’ve identified ways to mitigate this...
by Reeshma Mathews | Jul 16, 2016 | Server Administration
DNS is the basis of most internet applications – emails, messengers, web site browsing, etc. But we often tend to miss out the presence of this extensively used service. As a result, server administrators overlook the vulnerabilities in dns service and...
by Visakh S | Jul 11, 2016 | Server Administration
From credit card details to health records, everything is stored in a database these days. For a hacker, a database is a gold mine. In fact, the purpose of a majority of cyber attacks is to get access to a database. The security of a database server depends a lot on...
by Visakh S | Jul 1, 2016 | cPanel, DDoS, Featured, FTP, Incremental backup, Server Administration, Server Management
A locked gate is an obstacle, but a skilled attacker can easily defeat it. Now, what if this gate has 10 different kinds of locks, is rigged with an alarm, and leads to a mine field? Yeah, that would dissuade a vast majority of attackers. This approach to security is...
by Visakh S | Jun 16, 2016 | Amazon Web Services (AWS), Apache, FTP, MySQL, Nginx, Server Administration, Server Management, Technical Support, WordPress, WordPress Hosting
Where do people host their WordPress sites? If Google Trends is anything to go by, more and more webmasters now prefer cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS). It’s fueled by the popular notion that everything in cloud is super easy – one-touch...
by Visakh S | Jun 9, 2016 | DDoS, Docker, Nginx, Server Administration, Server Management, Technical Support, VMware, WordPress, WordPress Hosting
WordPress now powers 42% of the web, and continues to add 52,000 new sites to its account every day. This huge popularity has given rise to a thriving industry that includes website designing, custom development, and specialized WordPress hosting. As per a Google...
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