Author: Natalia Nowak
263 articles
Exploring the web hosting industry through writing - panels, providers, and everything that runs behind the scenes.
Industry reports
Google’s Field Data Ranks the Platforms Behind Live Sites by Speed, and the Gap Is More Than Twofold
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
Industry reports
Porkbun Passed 4 Million Domains. The More Interesting Number Is 750,000.
Porkbun crossed 4 million domains under management. Its customer count grew twice as fast, which says more than the milestone does.
Security
An AI Model Found the WordPress Flaw in Ten Hours for $25. Attackers Weaponized the Patch in Ninety Minutes.
An AI model found the WordPress core flaw in ten hours for about $25. After 7.0.2 shipped, attacks started 90 minutes later. WordPress 7.0.3 is out.
Interviews
10,000 Sites Flagged in Weeks: Patchstack and Hostinger on npm Scanning by Default
Hostinger's default npm scanning flagged vulnerable dependencies on 10,000+ sites in weeks. Patchstack and Hostinger on what it catches and what it misses.
Industry reports
Running a Domain Costs About a Dollar a Year. Here Is What Eight Registries Charge for It.
DENIC runs .de for about €1 per domain. PIR's backend costs 88 cents. Verisign's costs run $1.13. Wholesale prices: up to $11. The league table.
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