by Reeshma Mathews | Feb 16, 2017 | cPanel
Outgoing spam is a major head ache for many web hosts. Spammers use compromised websites or mail accounts to send thousands of spam mail within a few mins. By the time the web host comes to know about it, the server IP would be blacklisted (eg. SpamHaus SBL), and...
by Reeshma Mathews | Aug 24, 2016 | Server Administration, Technical Support, VMware
VMWare has issued a latest security advisory VMSA-2016-0013, which addresses two critical vulnerabilities of VMWare products – CVE-2016-5335 and CVE-2016-5336. These are severe vulnerabilities that affect VMware Identity Manager and vRealize Automation software....
by Visakh S | Jul 31, 2015 | cPanel, DirectAdmin, Plesk, Server Management
On 28th July Internet Systems Consortium announced a critical vulnerability (CVE-2015-5477) in all BIND DNS server versions from 9.1.0 to 9.9.7-P1 and 9.10.2-P2. It allows a remote attacker to exploit an error in handling TKEY queries to launch a Denial of Service...
by Visakh S | Jul 24, 2015 | Server Management
Qualys reported on 23rd July an important root privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2015-3246), and DoS attack vulnerability (CVE-2015-3245) for Linux servers using RedHat’s libuser package. Here’s how you can protect your CentOS and RedHat server from...
by Visakh S | Feb 7, 2015 | Server Administration
GHOST vulnerability of Glibc was disclosed on 27th Jan. As with any breaking news about vulnerabilities, the initial reports were muddled about the severity of impact, and the extend of exploits running in the wild. Bobcares Dedicated Linux Systems Administrators...
