Tag Archives: Security

Threats to web hosting security have become more commonplace in recent years. During last year, a web hosting provider Pro-Service located in Georgia suffered the largest cyber-attack in the country’s history. While the specifics about how the attack was carried out remain unknown, the consequences led to the defacement of over 15,000 websites. This is just an example of many breaches over the recent years.

According to Internet Live Stats, over 56 million websites have been hacked this year alone. However, the data doesn’t show if the breaches have been made possible by the site’s owners or hosting companies. Still, the responsibility lies on both parties.

There are some threats that web hosting services probably face this season, but there are also ways to mitigate the…

Security researchers have discovered a huge data breach involving a web hosting firm, which may have threatened the privacy of some 63 million individuals. Security researcher Jeremiah Fowler, in collaboration with Secure Thoughts, discovered that an unsecured database hosted by US firm Cloud Clusters had potentially compromised usernames and passwords connected with Magento, WordPress and MySQL.

The exposed database contained records concerning data backups, monitoring, error logging, and more, with emails and passwords displayed in plain text. 

7 Best Web Hosting Security Practices for your Website

As more and more users and businesses are going online, the need for internet security and safekeeping is rising. One of the major things that you have to be wary of while maintaining your work online is ensure that it is secure and the website can fight off cyber attackers. For this, your website hosting solutions provider must have solid security features which we will study here:  

1)   Network monitoring

This involves checking the internal networks for any unusual activity and intrusions frequently. When your web host implements this feature, it will intimate and alert your system administrators of any unauthorized activity, preventing the servers…

Popular VPN provider NordVPN has embraced colocation and started rolling out dedicated servers in a Finnish data center where the company rents space.

The servers are owned and operated by NordVPN and represent another step towards the elusive goal of securing the hardware perimeter.

Popular VPN provider NordVPN has embraced colocation and started rolling out dedicated servers in a Finnish data center where the company rents space.

The servers are owned and operated by NordVPN and represent another step towards the elusive goal of securing the hardware perimeter.