Collaborate Disseminate
We have a VPS that contains a SQL Server Express instance.
Using SQL Server Configuration we have enabled TCP/IP to listen on a random port, say 5741.
We have disabled sa and created another user with a very complicated usern… Continue reading What possible attacks might occur on a SQL Server TCP/IP port?
I’m trying to find a simple solution to protecting some base servers, which run many public VMs. VMs are client controlled, where we have no authority of what goes into them. Essentially it is up to the VM user/creator to pro… Continue reading VPS provider protection from hosted VMs [on hold]
This is a seriously good exercise in network programming.
I’d like to know if anyone has done it?
Or if they have ideas on how to do it.
For those people who can’t see the image, the character has set up a VPS hosting a… Continue reading XKCD Virus Aquarium
TL;DR Is it possible to use VPN simultaneously with a browser that uses a proxy?
I am trying to build a secure network connection for my VPS that needs to be secure over all traffic. Because of my lack of knowledge I thought… Continue reading Network architecture with VPN and proxy
My privacy has been compromised and I suspect some kind of surveillance setup. The stalker can see all outgoing traffic from my digital devices, even when using router in seperate location from my house.
I have antimalwareb… Continue reading Security Issues Due To Unknown Surveillance Method
Let me try to sum up this question; I want to buy VPS from (vultr – I’m not promoting them), but before that I’m wondering how secure is to run VPN on this kind (or any kind) of VPS in sense that I can endanger myself by choo… Continue reading What is the risk of running VPN on VPS?
In my /usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog on my Plesk VPS I get the same set of log messages around every three minutes. I’ve reproduced an example of them below (my vps name has been changed).
Apr 3 18:11:26 myvps postfix/smtpd[12561]: warni… Continue reading What is the purpose of these hacking attempts on my Plesk VPS via postfix?
In April 2016, security firm Trend Micro published a damning report about a Web hosting provider referred to only as a “cyber-attack facilitator in the Netherlands.” If the Trend analysis lacked any real punch that might have been because — shortly after the report was published — names were redacted so that it was no longer immediately clear exactly who the bad hosting provider was. This post aims to shine a bit more light on the individuals apparently behind this mysterious rogue hosting firm — a company called HostSailor[dot]com. Continue reading The Reincarnation of a Bulletproof Hoster
RIP, data: customers are howling as the company tells some that it can’t get their sites back. Continue reading Web host 123-reg accidentally slaughters customers’ sites