Author: Natalia Nowak

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

Security
cPGuard Breach: Updating Removes the Backdoor, Not the Stolen Credentials
by Natalia Nowak · 3 Nov 2026 · 3 min read
An attacker used cPGuard's update channel on November 2 to install a backdoor and collect password hashes on servers where the script ran.
Industry reports
Who Owns Europe’s Largest Hosting Markets: IONOS Controls the Leader in Germany, Poland and Spain
by Natalia Nowak · 3 Nov 2026 · 9 min read
Four of the eight largest DNS operators for .ch domains are Swiss-owned, and together they account for 39.8% of the zone, by our count. In the United…
Security
DreamHost Confirms File Manager Breach. FTP/SFTP and Some Webmail Credentials Were Exposed
by Natalia Nowak · 3 Nov 2026 · 4 min read
DreamHost confirms an attacker exploited its File Manager and reached FTP/SFTP and some webmail credentials, affecting well under 10% of those accounts.
Security
WordPress Update Flaw Draws Tens of Thousands of Attack Attempts. Hosts Can Block It at the Web Server
by Natalia Nowak · 2 Nov 2026 · 3 min read
Wordfence detected probing of the update-window flaw fixed in WordPress 7.1.4 within hours and counted more than 18,500 requests in 21 hours.
Industry reports
GoDaddy Q3 2026: Domains Lifted Its Core Segment. The Rest, Including Hosting, Fell $7.4M
by Natalia Nowak · 2 Nov 2026 · 4 min read
GoDaddy's Core segment grew $33.2 million in Q3. Domain revenue rose $40.6 million, while Core revenue outside domains, hosting included, fell $7.4 million.
Industry reports
How Hosting Companies Make Money in 2026: Six Models Compared
by Natalia Nowak · 30 Oct 2026 · 12 min read
Renewals, domains, usage, acquisitions, capacity and licenses: how six hosting business models earn their money in 2026, from their own filings.
Security
Claude Built a Remote Root Exploit for a Linux TCP Bug. Ubuntu Still Has No Fix
by Natalia Nowak · 30 Oct 2026 · 7 min read
A Linux kernel TCP flaw has a root exploit from Anthropic's lab. Red Hat, Debian and AlmaLinux 8 ship fixed kernels, while Ubuntu has none yet.
Industry reports
How Hostinger Decides What to Build, Give Away and Drop
by Natalia Nowak · 30 Oct 2026 · 8 min read
Hostinger's chief product officer on plans without upsells, a mostly free AI agent and how the company decides which products to keep.
Security
WordPress 7.1.4 Fixes 22 Flaws, One in the Core Update Process
by Natalia Nowak · 29 Oct 2026 · 4 min read
WordPress 7.1.4 fixes 22 vulnerabilities, one of them a race condition in core updates that could lead to remote code execution.
Interviews
Cloudways’ Ali Khan on Velocity: Scaling, Pricing and Node.js Upgrades
by Natalia Nowak · 29 Oct 2026 · 5 min read
Cloudways' Ali Khan explains how Velocity differs from DigitalOcean's App Platform, how it handles resource limits and what options agencies have.
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