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
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.
Industry reports
Porkbun Passed 4 Million Domains. The More Interesting Number Is 750,000.
by Natalia Nowak · 7 Aug 2026 · 4 min read
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.
by Natalia Nowak · 7 Aug 2026 · 8 min read
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
by Natalia Nowak · 6 Aug 2026 · 8 min read
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.
by Natalia Nowak · 6 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
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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