Tag: security

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Cloudways Just Handed AI Agents the Admin Panel, and the Locks Are Racing to Catch Up
by Natalia Nowak · 17 Jul 2026 · 4 min read
Cloudways now lets AI agents run almost your whole hosting account by chat. Its role-based tokens are a rare guardrail in a category where MCP security lags.
Security
Januscape and Bad Epoll: Two Linux Flaws That Let One Customer Take Over the Whole Server
by Łukasz Nowak · 11 Jul 2026 · 9 min read
Two Linux kernel flaws, patched the same week, break the multi-tenant promise: one escapes a guest VM to the host, the other hands any local user root.
Security
Three Unauthenticated File Flaws in a Week, and One Root Cause: Validation by Shortcut
by Natalia Nowak · 10 Jul 2026 · 5 min read
In one July week, three unauthenticated file-handling flaws surfaced across WordPress plugins and a web FTP client, all rooted in validation by shortcut.
Security
Hostinger Turns On Patchstack npm Scanning for Node.js Apps by Default
by Natalia Nowak · 8 Jul 2026 · 4 min read
Hostinger built Patchstack's npm dependency scanning into its Node.js hosting, on by default, targeting the supply-chain risk of fast-shipped, AI-assisted apps.
Security
An Attacker Sent a Ransom Email From Blesta’s Own Servers
by Łukasz Nowak · 26 Jun 2026 · 9 min read
An extortion email demanding Blesta pay up passed SPF, DKIM and DMARC from Blesta's own servers, pointing to a real compromise. Blesta has not confirmed one.
Industry reports
The File Nobody Watches: llms.txt Is the Hosting Industry’s Newest Attack Surface
by Łukasz Nowak · 22 Jun 2026 · 17 min read
Anyone can slip a fake support line or rogue download into a hosting firm's llms.txt, and AI agents repeat it as fact. Nothing on the domain is watching.
Security
MariaDB Patches CVSS 10.0 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Galera Cluster Feature
by Natalia Nowak · 15 Jun 2026 · 3 min read
CVE-2026-49261 scores CVSS 10.0 and allows unauthenticated RCE in MariaDB Galera Cluster deployments. Standalone installations are not affected. Patches shipped May 27.
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Protect The Shire: WordPress Adds a 24-Hour Default Delay to Plugin Auto-Updates
by Natalia Nowak · 8 Jun 2026 · 9 min read
WordPress.org made the 24-hour plugin auto-update delay default for every new release on June 5, 2026. Mullenweg calls it Protect The Shire.
Security
HTTP/2 Bomb: One Connection Crashes Web Servers. nginx Is Patched, Apache Is Not.
by Natalia Nowak · 3 Jun 2026 · 6 min read
Single-connection HTTP/2 attack crashes web servers. nginx is patched today; Apache's fix has not reached distribution package managers.
Security
A Database Allegedly From Home.pl Is Being Advertised on a Cybercrime Forum.
by Łukasz Nowak · 29 May 2026 · 8 min read
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.
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