by Visakh S | Jul 13, 2016 | Server Management, WordPress
When you hear the term “hacker”, you picture a computer whiz kid in a dark room, typing away mysterious code on a green lit computer – or that’s what the popular image is. The depiction of a hacker may change, but one thing is common –...
by Visakh S | Jul 6, 2016 | Server Management
Studies show that 37,000 websites are hacked every day – that translates to 13.5 million websites per year. From exploiting software vulnerabilities to infecting ad-networks, attackers use a wide range of methods to distribute their malware. The good news is,...
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 1, 2016 | cPanel, Technical Support
Google blacklists about 8,000 to 11,000 websites per day for hosting malware or phishing contents. Of these, up to 98% are classified as “compromised” websites – which means, these sites belong to legitimate businesses, but were infected with...
by Visakh S | May 30, 2016 | Server Administration
On 29th May, we were alerted to a new ImageMagick vulnerability(NOT ImageTragick which we covered earlier) that allows arbitrary code execution on web hosting servers running Apache, Nginx or others as long as ImageMagick binary “convert” is accessible to...
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