Author: Łukasz Nowak
87 articles
Nearly two decades in IT. A decade in web hosting - and still in the trenches. Writing about the infrastructure that runs the internet from the inside.
M&A
Norton’s Owner Has Approached GoDaddy. The Market Marked the Target Up 8.7 Percent and the Bidder Down 6.1.
The Financial Times reports that Gen Digital, owner of Norton and Avast, has approached GoDaddy. The target rose 8.7 percent, the bidder fell 6.1.
Industry reports
Brussels Will Grade Data Centres From A to G on Power and Water.
The European Commission will grade data centers of 500 kW and up from A to G on power and water use, with the first labels due by August 15, 2027.
Industry reports
Verisign Will Delete 22,000 .name Domains That Are Paid For. Two Registrants Are Fighting It.
Verisign has ICANN's permission to delete every third-level .name domain in existence, the john.smith.name form the registry launched with, along with the email forwarding service that let a registrant receive mail at [email protected].
Security
An Unauthenticated Path to Code Execution in WordPress Core, Already Being Exploited
A flaw in WordPress core hands strangers the keys to your site, no password required, and attackers are already walking through the door. It is already being exploited.
Security
Januscape and Bad Epoll: Two Linux Flaws That Let One Customer Take Over the Whole Server
Two Linux kernel flaws, patched the same week, break the multi-tenant promise: one escapes a guest VM to the host, the other hands any local user root.
Industry reports
You Don’t Own Your .io or .ai. You Rent a Country’s Politics.
A ccTLD is a trusteeship, not property. Building a brand on .io, .ai, or .ly rents a foreign government's diplomatic status. The unpriced risk, explained.
Other
Meet the New webhosting.today: The Hosting Market Now Has a Scoreboard
The new webhosting.today is live: a market scoreboard built on 400M resolved domains, showing which rivals each host wins and loses domains to. Free.
Security
An Attacker Sent a Ransom Email From Blesta’s Own Servers
An extortion email demanding Blesta pay up passed SPF, DKIM and DMARC from Blesta's own servers, pointing to a real compromise. Blesta has not confirmed one.
Interviews
The One-Click Website Was Never Real. AI Does Not Change That – Vito Peleg, CEO of Atarim
Vito Peleg of Atarim on why DIY activation rates have not changed with AI, the mega agency model, and the referral flywheel that drives organic growth.
Industry reports
The File Nobody Watches: llms.txt Is the Hosting Industry’s Newest Attack Surface
Anyone can slip a fake support line or rogue download into a hosting firm's llms.txt, and AI agents repeat it as fact. Nothing on the domain is watching.
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