by Reeshma Mathews | Oct 22, 2016 | Server Management
Dirty COW vulnerability was first discovered a decade ago and has been present in Linux kernel versions from 2.6.22, which was released in 2007. But the vulnerability gained attention only recently when hackers started exploiting it. This has led to the release of...
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 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...
by Visakh S | Jan 27, 2015 | Server Administration
Reports are coming in from our Dedicated Linux Systems Administrators about an evolving threat, disclosed earlier today. A heap buffer overflow vulnerability in GNU C Library (glibc), allows remote or local actors to execute arbitrary code under the privilege of user...
by Visakh S | Jan 23, 2015 | DDoS, Server Administration
“This definitely is a problem with your monitoring system! I never used this bandwidth. I was on holiday!” The accounts department of the data center we managed referred this customer concern to us. His un-managed dedicated server showed a bandwidth spike...
