Author: Natalia Nowak

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

Security
Nearly Two-Thirds of All-in-One WP Migration Installs Remain Unpatched Two Weeks Later
by Natalia Nowak · 4 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
Only 35 percent of All-in-One WP Migration installs run the 7.110 fix. About 3.2 million sites are on a vulnerable version as the exploit chain goes public.
Industry reports
Parked Domains Distort Hosting Rankings. So Do Corporate Registrars.
by Natalia Nowak · 3 Sep 2026 · 7 min read
In 35 of 115 national markets, at least one of the eight largest providers by our count is a parking service or a corporate registrar, not a hosting company.
Security
Attacks on the Elementor Pro Flaw Began the Day It Was Disclosed
by Natalia Nowak · 3 Sep 2026 · 6 min read
Exploit attempts against the Elementor Pro file upload flaw began the day it was disclosed, and one firewall alone blocked over 190,000 of them.
Interviews
BalticNOG Interview: The Hosting Industry Is the Missing Voice in the Room
by Natalia Nowak · 2 Sep 2026 · 9 min read
BalticNOG chairman Paulius Judickas on the 220-attendee debut, why the event must not become a vendor showcase, and the hosting firms missing from the room.
Security
A High-Severity Patch for Five Million WordPress Sites Was Labeled as a Text Fix
by Natalia Nowak · 2 Sep 2026 · 7 min read
High-severity fixes for All-in-One WP Migration and Gravity Forms shipped August 20. One changelog called it a text fix, the other used a stock phrase.
M&A
DigitalOcean’s Market Cap Is Now Higher Than GoDaddy’s. What Five Public Multiples Say About Hosting Valuations.
by Natalia Nowak · 1 Sep 2026 · 6 min read
Five public hosting, cloud and domain companies trade between 8x and 40x EBITDA. The spread shows what buyers pay for: growth, cash conversion, stickiness.
Security
An Attacker Hijacked Hetzner IP Space and Poisoned a Virtualizor Update
by Natalia Nowak · 1 Sep 2026 · 6 min read
An attacker hijacked routes to Softaculous servers for two nights, got a valid TLS certificate, and delivered a malicious update to some Virtualizor installs.
Other
Proton’s Frankfurt Outage Report: 20 Minutes to Critical, and Hardware Too Scarce to Sacrifice
by Natalia Nowak · 31 Aug 2026 · 5 min read
Proton's Frankfurt cooling failed and the room hit 51.9C within half an hour. The postmortem explains why saving scarce hardware beat a faster recovery.
Pricing updates
Verisign Lifts .net Wholesale From $10.91 to $12.00, Effective March 1, 2027
by Natalia Nowak · 31 Aug 2026 · 3 min read
Verisign raises .net wholesale from $10.91 to $12.00 on March 1, 2027, taking nearly the full 10% annual step its ICANN contract allows.
Security
cPanel Patches a Root-Level Flaw in Domain Parking: One Customer Account With Domain Permissions Was Enough
by Natalia Nowak · 28 Aug 2026 · 3 min read
A cPanel customer able to add parked domains could gain root on the whole server. CVE-2026-65643 affects all supported versions; patches are out.
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