Author: Natalia Nowak
263 articles
Exploring the web hosting industry through writing - panels, providers, and everything that runs behind the scenes.
Security
A Magento Zero-Day Is Being Exploited Now. The First Known Victim Was Fully Patched.
An unpatched Magento flaw has been exploited since September 4. The first known victim had a clean patch status, and the backdoor installs outside the web root.
M&A
cyber_Folks Has Over PLN 1 Billion of M&A Capacity. Hosting Is Not the Priority
cyber_Folks puts its M&A capacity above PLN 1 billion and says it will be concentrated in e-commerce. Its hosting arm earns a 51 percent adjusted margin.
Security
WHMCS Has an Unauthenticated RCE. The Fix Exists Only for 9.0.8 and 8.13.7.
WHMCS fixed an unauthenticated RCE and a 2CheckOut data disclosure flaw in 9.0.8 and 8.13.7. Installations on 8.0 through 8.12 have no patch and must upgrade.
Partners
1,000+ Junk Emails a Day, Brought Under Control by One DNS Change
NameHero's HeroicGuard filters mail before the mailbox provider sees it. One MX change, unlimited mailboxes per domain, from $2.96 a month.
Security
Nearly Two-Thirds of All-in-One WP Migration Installs Remain Unpatched Two Weeks Later
Only 35 percent of All-in-One WP Migration installs run the 7.110 fix. About 3.2 million sites are on a vulnerable version as the exploit chain goes public.
Industry reports
Parked Domains Distort Hosting Rankings. So Do Corporate Registrars.
In 35 of 115 national markets, at least one of the eight largest providers by our count is a parking service or a corporate registrar, not a hosting company.
Security
Attacks on the Elementor Pro Flaw Began the Day It Was Disclosed
Exploit attempts against the Elementor Pro file upload flaw began the day it was disclosed, and one firewall alone blocked over 190,000 of them.
Interviews
BalticNOG Interview: The Hosting Industry Is the Missing Voice in the Room
BalticNOG chairman Paulius Judickas on the 220-attendee debut, why the event must not become a vendor showcase, and the hosting firms missing from the room.
Security
A High-Severity Patch for Five Million WordPress Sites Was Labeled as a Text Fix
High-severity fixes for All-in-One WP Migration and Gravity Forms shipped August 20. One changelog called it a text fix, the other used a stock phrase.
M&A
DigitalOcean’s Market Cap Is Now Higher Than GoDaddy’s. What Five Public Multiples Say About Hosting Valuations.
Five public hosting, cloud and domain companies trade between 8x and 40x EBITDA. The spread shows what buyers pay for: growth, cash conversion, stickiness.
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