Author: Natalia Nowak

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

Security
Three LiteSpeed Security Builds in Six Days: Check Which One Your Servers Run
by Natalia Nowak · 18 Sep 2026 · 7 min read
LiteSpeed Enterprise 6.3.7 shipped three security builds in six days, after a cPanel advisory on a root path from a hosting account. Build 2 is the one to run.
Industry reports
AWS Cannot Restore Access to Data Kept Only in Bahrain or One UAE Zone
by Natalia Nowak · 17 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
AWS cannot restore access to data hosted exclusively in its Bahrain region, or in one of three UAE zones. Most customers had already moved out.
Security
Acronis cPanel Backup Plugin: Exploited Privilege-Escalation Flaw on CISA’s List
by Natalia Nowak · 17 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
Acronis patched a privilege-escalation flaw in its cPanel backup plugin and reports limited attacks. CISA listed it with a September 19 deadline.
M&A
Before the Press Release: What We See in Hosting M&A
by Natalia Nowak · 16 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
Many owners asking what their hosting business is worth have not decided to sell. The busier part of the market comes before any deal is announced.
Other
Elementor Opens an MCP Beta to Claude, Codex and Cursor
by Natalia Nowak · 16 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
AI tools can build and edit pages as native, editable Elementor structures. Atomic pages only, and everything lands as a draft.
Security
Ten IP Addresses Sent at Least 94,000 Attempts to Exploit a WooCommerce Plugin.
by Natalia Nowak · 15 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
Six months after disclosure, a WooCommerce extension is still drawing blocked exploit attempts. The largest spike came on August 30.
Industry reports
We Ranked Hosting Two Ways. We Resolved 108 GoDaddy Domains: 96 Point at Amazon.
by Natalia Nowak · 15 Sep 2026 · 10 min read
Our hosting count records whose address space a site is served from. We sampled GoDaddy's domains and most of them resolve into Amazon's.
Other
auDA Backs Removing a .com.au Allocation Route. Domain Monetization Stays Allowed.
by Natalia Nowak · 14 Sep 2026 · 6 min read
auDA's board backed removing a .com.au allocation route in principle, while approving no change to the rules that allow domain monetization.
Security
EU Software Makers Now Have 24 Hours to Report an Exploited Flaw.
by Natalia Nowak · 14 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
The EU now requires software makers to report actively exploited flaws within 24 hours, and a GPL plugin with a paid tier counts as a product.
Stock reports
IONOS Is Cutting 12% of Its Workforce Five Weeks After Raising Its Revenue Outlook.
by Natalia Nowak · 11 Sep 2026 · 3 min read
IONOS will cut about 450 roles, around 12% of its workforce, five weeks after raising its revenue growth forecast for 2026.
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