Author: Natalia Nowak

147 articles
Exploring the web hosting industry through writing - panels, providers, and everything that runs behind the scenes.

Security
The Hypervisor Escape Comes to VMware: CVE-2026-47876 May Let a Guest VM Run Code on the ESX Host
by Natalia Nowak · 14 Aug 2026 · 8 min read
A critical VMware flaw may let a guest VM run code on the ESX host, and Broadcom ships no workaround for it.
Industry reports
The Field of cPanel Alternatives Keeps Widening. A Brand-New One Comes From Inside cPanel’s Ecosystem.
by Natalia Nowak · 14 Aug 2026 · 6 min read
cPanel's per-account pricing keeps rising, and a real field of alternatives has grown around it, from hosts running their own panel to free independents.
Industry reports
Web3 Naming Bids for the DNS Root, and ICANN Names Its Price
by Natalia Nowak · 13 Aug 2026 · 6 min read
ICANN says Web3 naming can enter the DNS root, under a strict same-name, same-owner rule. ENS incorporated and is chasing .ens rather than .eth.
Security
WordPress 7.0.4 Fixes a PNG That Runs Code. The Flaw Was Almost 10 Years Old.
by Natalia Nowak · 13 Aug 2026 · 6 min read
WordPress 7.0.4 fixes a flaw where an image hiding PostScript runs code on the server. It needs an author account, and multi-author sites should hurry.
Industry reports
Google’s Field Data Ranks the Platforms Behind Live Sites by Speed, and the Gap Is More Than Twofold
by Natalia Nowak · 12 Aug 2026 · 6 min read
Google's field data, broken out by host: Wix customers pass Core Web Vitals at 80%, HostGator's at 39%. A measured speed ranking for the industry.
Security
Metabase Cloud Customers Were Patched Before They Knew. Self-Hosted Users Had to Do It Themselves.
by Natalia Nowak · 12 Aug 2026 · 5 min read
A CVSS 10 flaw let attackers become Metabase admins without logging in. Cloud instances were patched by the vendor. Self-hosted ones were not.
M&A
GoDaddy Averages 24 Million Domains Per Brand. team.blue Averages 163,000.
by Natalia Nowak · 11 Aug 2026 · 6 min read
GoDaddy averages 24 million domains per brand. team.blue averages 163,000. Two opposite ways to consolidate a hosting market, measured.
Security
Cloudflare Reached FedRAMP High Without Building a Separate Government Cloud
by Natalia Nowak · 11 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
Cloudflare for Government reached FedRAMP High on the same public network that serves everyone else. The Class D label is ahead of FedRAMP's calendar.
Security
Zapscape Breaks the Linux KVM Boundary. A Server Without a Single VM Can Still Be in Range.
by Natalia Nowak · 10 Aug 2026 · 12 min read
Zapscape lets one tenant break out and take over the whole Linux server. A box running no VMs at all can still be in range.
Security
Roundcube Shipped Eleven Security Fixes Without a Single CVE Number
by Natalia Nowak · 10 Aug 2026 · 5 min read
Roundcube patched eleven flaws in 1.7.3 and 1.6.18. The notes carry no CVE numbers, and cPanel has not shipped the update yet.
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