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A Vercel for Africa? HOSTAFRICA’s HCode Runs in South Africa
HOSTAFRICA launched HCode on November 5 as its answer to platforms like Vercel, with prices in local currencies across six African countries. The apps run in South Africa. HCode, a rebranded version of the Zanode platform HOSTAFRICA bought in May, starts at R50, or about $3, a month.
Monarx Reviewed 65 Hosts: 10 of 12 Large Hosting Brands Sell Website Security Add-Ons
Partners #cybersecurity#monarx
Monarx's review of 65 hosting providers finds 37 including advanced website protection at no extra cost, 31 selling a separate security product and 18 doing both. Mass-market brands lean toward add-ons, while managed WordPress hosts mostly build protection into the plan.
Who Owns Europe’s Largest Hosting Markets: IONOS Controls the Leader in Germany, Poland and Spain
Industry reports #domains#europe
The four largest Swiss-owned hosts hold 39.8% of .ch domains, while the UK has one British-owned operator among its eight largest. We matched the leading operators in Europe's eight largest domain markets with their owners, and IONOS owns the leader in three of them.
DreamHost Confirms File Manager Breach. FTP/SFTP and Some Webmail Credentials Were Exposed
Security #cybersecurity#dreamhost
A security breach prompted DreamHost's October 23 File Manager shutdown and password resets. An attacker exploited third-party software behind the tool and could access FTP/SFTP credentials of users who signed in, plus some webmail logins. Well under 10% of email and FTP/SFTP accounts were affected.
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SoftBank Pledged €75 Billion to Build AI Data Centers in France.
SoftBank's €45B firm commitment and €75B ceiling for AI data centers in France drove Choose France 2026 to a record €93B total. France's nuclear grid is the structural advantage. SoftBank's balance sheet is the open question.
Security
HTTP/2 Bomb: One Connection Crashes Web Servers. nginx Is Patched, Apache Is Not.
Single-connection HTTP/2 attack crashes web servers. nginx is patched today; Apache's fix has not reached distribution package managers.
Other
SiteGround Auto-Installed Its AI Plugin on 1 Million Sites. Reviewers Gave It 1.1 Stars.
SiteGround auto-installed its AI Agent plugin on 1M+ WordPress sites timed to WordPress 7.0. The plugin's rating dropped to 1.1 stars within days.
Industry reports
OVHcloud Restructures Sales for a Sovereign Cloud Market That Just Got Real
OVHcloud reorganized European key accounts for a sovereign cloud market growing to $12.6 billion in 2026. Q3 results land June 25.
Expert's Voice
AI Makes Smaller SMBs Serviceable
AI is making micro-SMBs easier to serve by reducing the effort needed to launch, support, and grow their online presence.
Interviews
Stop Selling Hosting, Start Selling the Outcome – Jesse Friedman, Head of WP Cloud at Automattic
At Hosts Del Mar, Jesse Friedman, Head of WP Cloud at Automattic, on why hosting companies should stop selling hosting, how the Abilities API will let AI agents live inside WordPress, and why turnkey hosting for registrars keeps domains on the open web.
Other
Wix Cut 1,000 Jobs. Webflow Cut 140. The Website Builder Market Is Splitting.
Wix cut 1,000 jobs and Webflow 140, both naming AI. Hostinger Horizons hit 1M users, 93% first-time website owners.
Other
WP Engine Counsel Seeks WordPress Foundation Dissolution as WordCamp Europe Opens
WP Engine pursues WordPress Foundation dissolution. The June 4 hearing coincides with WordCamp Europe's opening day in Kraków.
Other
WordPress and AI Tools: How to Use Automation Without Compromising User Privacy
AI tools are now standard across WordPress environments, and hosting providers can no longer treat data privacy as a static concern. This article breaks down what changes, what risks emerge, and what you can do about it.
Security
A Database Allegedly From Home.pl Is Being Advertised on a Cybercrime Forum.
A dataset allegedly from Home.pl, Poland's largest hosting provider, is being advertised on a cybercrime forum. We analyze the schema and what it means for 300,000+ customers.
Security
The Exploit Record: How Government Networks Keep Getting Breached
CVE-2026-41940 was exploited as a zero-day for 68 days before a patch existed. CISA was breached via Ivanti vulnerabilities it had just ordered patched. Volt Typhoon had 5-year US infrastructure access. The case-by-case record of how government networks keep getting owned.
Industry reports
Mark Zuckerberg Just Put Every VPS Provider on Notice
Mark Zuckerberg told Meta's May 27 shareholder meeting that a cloud business is "definitely on the table" if the company's 2026 $125 to $145 billion CapEx build produces excess GPU capacity. The mid-market VPS segment faces both pricing and AI-native positioning pressure.
Industry reports
Hetzner Has Now Raised Prices Three Times in 2026. This One Is Different.
Hetzner announced its third price move of 2026 on May 27, effective June 15. New orders only, portfolio standardised into -1/-2/-3 tiers, and a new Limited tier introduces hardware segmentation as a structural market shift. Other European hosts will face pressure to follow.
Interviews
Hosting Is the Next Layer AI Will Transform – Vito Peleg, CEO of Atarim
Vito Peleg of Atarim on why he reads AI as the biggest opportunity hosting has had in fifteen years, how today's vibe coders mirror the server-in-the-bedroom generation that built today's hosting market, and why reactive agencies feel like a tax while proactive ones win.
Other
Cloudflare Called It AI Restructuring. Every Hosting Company Faces the Same Decision.
Cloudflare cut 1,100 employees (20% of headcount) on a $639.8M record revenue day and used a "builders, sellers, measurers" framework that maps directly onto hosting operations. Billing, support triage, and compliance are where AI closed the gap. The advantage goes to who acts first.
Security
CVE-2026-48172: LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin Root Privilege Escalation, CVSS 10.0, Actively Exploited
CVE-2026-48172 in LiteSpeed User-End cPanel Plugin (2.3-2.4.4) lets any authenticated cPanel user run arbitrary scripts as root. CVSS 10.0, actively exploited, on the CISA KEV list. Patch to WHM Plugin 5.3.1.0 / cPanel Plugin 2.4.7 immediately.
Events
Nordic Domain Days 2026: What Stockholm Told the Hosting Industry
Nordic Domain Days 2026 wrapped May 26 in Stockholm with around 450 attendees. The 2026 gTLD round, NIS2 Article 28 enforcement, and AI-as-infrastructure were the three threads hosting providers should take home from the event.
Events
WordCamp Europe 2026: A Hosting Industry Guide to the Schedule
WordCamp Europe 2026 opens June 4 in Kraków with Contributor Day plus two conference days. The Inside WordPress 7.0 panel anchors Friday. Hosting-specific sessions cover stress testing, secure hosting, DDoS, and CERN's 800-site migration. Over a dozen hosting companies sponsor.
Interviews
Traditional Hosting Is Disappearing – Berend, CEO of Realtime Register
At Hosts Del Mar, Berend, CEO of Realtime Register, explains why the traditional hosting model is being reversed by AI-first website builders, how Realtime Register is expanding from a domains-only wholesale registrar to a broader vendor stack for HSPs and MSPs, and why commercial and business skills will matter more than the build in the next wave of hosting.
Other
Dutch Authorities Dismantle Stark Industries. The Rebrand Didn’t Save It.
Dutch FIOD seized 800 servers on May 22, dismantling Stark Industries and its post-sanctions successor THE.Hosting. The bulletproof host built by brothers from Transnistria hosted NoName057, Sandworm, and the Doppelganger campaign; JA4T fingerprints proved the rebrand was the same hardware.
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