Author: Natalia Nowak

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

Pricing updates
Plesk, WHMCS and cPanel Cost Up to 20 Percent More in 2027
by Natalia Nowak · 8 Oct 2026 · 4 min read
Plesk, WHMCS and cPanel all cost more in 2027, by up to 20 percent. cPanel moves first, on December 16, 2026.
Security
Attackers Target Ninja Forms and a WooCommerce Plugin to Hide a WordPress Admin
by Natalia Nowak · 8 Oct 2026 · 5 min read
Attackers are targeting Ninja Forms and WPC Product Bundles with a payload built to hide its own WordPress admin and outlast plugin removal.
Industry reports
Cloudflare’s BEACON Measures the iPhone Traffic That Google’s CrUX Leaves Out
by Natalia Nowak · 7 Oct 2026 · 5 min read
Cloudflare's BEACON puts daily real-user speed data from 10,000 large sites on BigQuery, iPhone traffic included. No site is named.
Partners
HostGator Records More Than 51 Million Proactive Security Actions in Brazil Using Monarx Technology
by Natalia Nowak · 7 Oct 2026 · 5 min read
HostGator and Monarx recorded more than 51 million proactive security actions in Brazil between March and August 2026.
Other
Identity Digital Takes .us From GoDaddy. The Registry Is Down 24 Percent in a Year.
by Natalia Nowak · 6 Oct 2026 · 6 min read
NTIA handed .us to Identity Digital on October 1. The registry fell 24 percent in a year to 1.86 million names, though July new registrations were up.
Other
Namecheap Let a Sued Domain Expire and Be Re-Registered. A Judge Wants to Know Why.
by Natalia Nowak · 6 Oct 2026 · 6 min read
A judge found ample evidence that Namecheap breached the ACPA by letting a sued domain expire and re-registering it. Its answer is due October 12.
Other
ESA Picks OVHcloud and CGI for Digital EO. The Size Is Not Public.
by Natalia Nowak · 2 Oct 2026 · 6 min read
OVHcloud and CGI won a 30-month ESA contract to help build Europe's Earth observation platform. The capacity and the price are both undisclosed.
Other
Registrar Number 130 Has Three Weeks to Cure. The Fee File Opened in 2021.
by Natalia Nowak · 2 Oct 2026 · 7 min read
ICANN gave Netpia, IANA registrar 130, until October 16 to pay its fees and fix its RDAP service. The fee file has been open since January 2021.
Industry reports
PanelAlpha to Become the Easiest Way to Host on a VPS With Engine Now Open Source
by Natalia Nowak · 1 Oct 2026 · 6 min read
PanelAlpha has open-sourced Engine 2.0 as the first step in a broader mission to make self-hosting simpler. The new engine expands beyond WordPress, supporting more types of projects while giving users an easier way to deploy and manage them on their own VPS.
Other
Fourteen Ukrainian Operators Hit in Twelve Days. Moscow Says Data Centers Are the Target.
by Natalia Nowak · 1 Oct 2026 · 9 min read
Russia's defense ministry says it is striking data centers. At least fourteen named Ukrainian operators reported damage in the twelve days to September 27.
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