Author: Natalia Nowak
180 articles
Exploring the web hosting industry through writing - panels, providers, and everything that runs behind the scenes.
Interviews
When 64GB of RAM Costs €3,000: The Shortage Behind Hostinger’s Biggest Server Order
Hostinger secured 3,000+ servers for 2026 as memory prices multiplied. COO Aivaras Šimkus explains the squeeze in our Q&A.
M&A
Estonia’s Zone Joins Your.Online, a Roll-Up Now More Than 60 Deals Deep
Zone, an Estonian host since 1999 with more than 60,000 customers, joins Your.Online, a group that has bought more than 60 companies since 2017.
Industry reports
A DNS Record Now Flags Domains for Sale. Adoption Is Up to Registrars.
A new standard, RFC 10023, lets a domain owner flag a name as for sale straight from its DNS, brokers optional.
Security
N-able’s First Patch Left the Door Open, and Attackers Walked Back Through It
N-able's first fix missed a second route to the same flaw. Attackers are using it, and the new hotfix does not remove what they left behind.
Industry reports
$227,000 to Apply for a New Domain Ending: The First ICANN Round Since 2012 Closes August 12
The first chance in 14 years to apply for a new domain ending closes August 12. The fee: $227,000. Country names need not apply.
Industry reports
GoDaddy Q2 2026: More Revenue From the Same Customers
GoDaddy added 22,000 customers in Q2 2026 and still grew revenue 6.6%. The growth comes from the base paying more, not from new accounts.
M&A
Infomaniak Goes Public Without Losing Control
Infomaniak is going public on the SIX Swiss Exchange through a reverse takeover, structured so its foundation keeps control of the company.
Security
Two of cPanel’s Three New Flaws Cross the Line Between Accounts
cPanel's July 29 patch fixes three flaws. Two cross the boundary between accounts on a shared server, one without any login at all.
Pricing updates
The Renewal Multiplier Index: What Hosting Costs After the Intro Price
We measured renewal multipliers across ten major hosts, 1.0x to 5.3x; entry plans renew at higher multiples than top plans across the board.
Security
A Model Found the Artifactory Zero-Day; Only Self-Hosted Users Had to Patch
An OpenAI model exploited a real Artifactory zero-day, escaped its eval sandbox, and stole its own benchmark answers from Hugging Face.
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