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Switching to PHP7 for Default PHP on Shared Servers
We have supported PHP7 from the start (even compiling it ourselves before it was supported in cPanel); but for compatibility reasons, we have left PHP 5.6 as the default for our customers on shared servers. But, as PHP5.6 ages, we want to encourage our customers to update their code to run on more up-to-date versions…
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How Business owners and Entrepreneurs can work smarter, not harder
Imagine if we had infinite time, wouldn’t the world seem like a better place? Unfortunately, time is finite meaning for every minute that passes, there won’t be a second chance. With so many things happening in our busy lives, it is getting harder to achieve a work-life balance. As a business owner and/or entrepreneur, it…
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July 12th – Battle for the Net
You may have noticed a screen like the one imaged above popup if you visited the site on July 12th, 2017. This is because The Internet is in danger, again (and again, and yet again). In 2015, laws were put in place to protect Internet users (personal and business) from the ISPs, classifying the IPs as common…
Read MoreTough Week for Security on the Internet
Have you ever had a week where you want to throw your computer in the trash? Well, for security-minded netizens, this might have been one of those weeks. This week has seen two major security issues surface that impact a large number of the internet’s users. Google Finds a SHA1 Collision – First blow to…
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WordPress Vulnerability in the Wild
Security Company Sucuri recently announced that they had found a Content Injection Vulnerability in WordPress Core, stemming from the recently included (in version 4.7) and enabled by default WordPress API feature. The vulnerability would allow a malicious user to use the Rest API to edit pages and posts, inject shortcodes or even run PHP directly if certain…
Read MoreHappy Holidays 2016
Happy Holidays! As 2016 begins to wind down, we want to take a moment to look back and thank our customers for making anHonestHost possible. During this time of year, we continue to work hard and stay vigilant in an effort to prevent issues. Our heartfelt wish this holiday is that you get to spend time…
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Latest Security Alert – Dirty CoW
CVE-2016-5195, Also known as “Dirty CoW” is a Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Linux Kernel 2.6.22 and higher. This impacts some of the most popular OSs like: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x CentOS Linux 7.x CentOS Linux 6.x CentOS Linux 5.x Debian Linux wheezy Debian Linux jessie…
Read MoreWhat is the impact of the 1Tbps DDOS on the hosting industry?
Recently, the internet passed a rather ominous milestone. Another hosting provider was attacked, with a massive 1Tbps Distributed Denial of Service Attack; the largest we have seen to date. I emphasize “to date” because almost 4 years ago, 75Gbps was considered to be pretty massive. To give an idea of the growth for DDOS attacks,…
Read MoreLogging in over HTTP is bad – And Google wants you to know it
Google Chrome Security has announced that in a future release of Chrome (version 56), websites that are not secured for login pages will be flagged. This means that in future releases of Chrome you will see a change in the address bar like this: https://security.googleblog.com/2016/09/moving-towards-more-secure-web.html And eventually, Chrome will show: https://security.googleblog.com/2016/09/moving-towards-more-secure-web.html This is not…
Read MoreDropbox 2012 Hack – Over 60 Million Log-ins Compromised
I remember seeing the news. I remember getting the email. Dropbox had been compromised back in 2012, and at the time, they said it was a good idea to change your password, you know… because it’s best practice… and stuff… This was just a year before the dreaded Adobe Hack that got tons of people…
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