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Thirty Deals in Six Months: The H1 2026 Hosting Consolidation Map, and the Two Clocks Driving What Sells Next
H1 2026 produced a US$1B Polish hosting-commerce merger, a $450M registrar champion, serial buyers closing two deals apiece within a fortnight, and a $40B data-centre record, while Google's AdSense shutdown forced Sedo and Team Internet to market. The map, the multiples, and the debt walls pushed to 2028-2029.
GoDaddy Q2 2026: More Revenue From the Same Customers
Industry reports #airo#arpu
GoDaddy's Q2 2026: revenue up 6.6%, EPS up 30%, customers up by just 22,000. ARPU, upsell and an $851.8 million buyback are doing the work, and the segment split shows domains and hosting growing slowest of all.
The Hosting Price Squeeze, Part 3: The Playbook
Expert's Voice #control-panel#pricing
In the final part of the series, BrandForge CEO Michiel Grotenhuis turns to the practical question: what do you actually do about rising hosting costs? He borrows from streaming, SaaS, and retail, shares what the community is doing, and argues for reducing dependence on any single vendor.
The Renewal Multiplier Index: What Hosting Costs After the Intro Price
Pricing updates #bluehost#hostinger
First edition of our quarterly index, measured July 29: SiteGround renews at up to 5.3x, the price-lock club at 1.0x, and GoDaddy, HostGator, and Namecheap mid-band at 1.7–3.7x. At every provider with a full plan range, the entry plan renews at a higher multiple than the top plan.
Articles tagged #exploit
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An Unauthenticated Path to Code Execution in WordPress Core, Already Being Exploited
A flaw in the heart of WordPress lets a complete stranger seize a site without ever logging in, and the attacks began the day it was disclosed. Millions of sites run the vulnerable code, and the only real protection is an update most owners assume already happened.
Security
Januscape and Bad Epoll: Two Linux Flaws That Let One Customer Take Over the Whole Server
Januscape (CVE-2026-53359) lets a guest VM escape to the host and take over co-tenants; Bad Epoll (CVE-2026-46242) lets any unprivileged user reach root with a near-perfect exploit. Both are patched upstream and in AlmaLinux, and for both the only fix is a new kernel and a reboot.
Security
DirtyFrag: Any User Account Can Become Root on Most Linux Servers. The Exploit Is Public. There Is No Patch.
DirtyFrag, a Linux kernel local privilege escalation that gives any local user root access on Ubuntu, RHEL, Fedora, CentOS Stream, AlmaLinux, and openSUSE Tumbleweed, went fully public on May 8 after an embargo break, with no CVE assigned and no patches available for any affected distribution.
Security
CVE-2026-41940 Live: cPanel Authentication Bypass, Active Exploitation, and What Comes Next
CVE-2026-41940, the cPanel authentication bypass exploited for 64 days before disclosure, is still developing. 44,000 servers likely compromised, a public exploit on GitHub, three active campaigns. This page is updated in real time as new information surfaces.
Security
cPanel Had an Authentication Bypass. Exploits Were Already in the Wild.
cPanel disclosed a critical authentication bypass on April 28 affecting nearly all versions of cPanel and WHM, with active exploits confirmed in the wild before the patch was released, forcing hosting.com, Namecheap, KnownHost, HostPapa, and InMotion Hosting to take cPanel access offline globally.