Hostinger Suffers Data Breach – Resets Password For 14 Million Users

Popular web hosting provider Hostinger has been hit by a massive data breach, as a result of which the company has reset passwords for all customers as a precautionary measure.

In a blog post published on Sunday, Hostinger revealed that “an unauthoriz… Continue reading Hostinger Suffers Data Breach – Resets Password For 14 Million Users

VMware says it’s looking to acquire Pivotal

VMware today confirmed that it is in talks to acquire software development platform Pivotal Software, the service best known for commercializing the open-source Cloud Foundry platform. The proposed transaction would see VMware acquire all outstanding Pivotal Class A stock for $15 per share, a significant markup over Pivotal’s current share price (which unsurprisingly shot up […] Continue reading VMware says it’s looking to acquire Pivotal

What are the techniques to know if VPS cloud hosting provider is accessing my data?

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If a bad guy has unrestricted physical access to your computer, it’s not your computer anymore.

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Patched Apache flaw is a serious threat for web hosting providers

Organizations running Apache web servers are urged to implement the latest security update to fix a serious privilege escalation flaw (CVE-2019-0211) that can be triggered via scripts and could allow unprivileged web host users to execute code with roo… Continue reading Patched Apache flaw is a serious threat for web hosting providers

New Apache Web Server Bug Threatens Security of Shared Web Hosts

Mark J Cox, one of the founding members of the Apache Software Foundation and the OpenSSL project, today posted a tweet warning users about a recently discovered important flaw in Apache HTTP Server software.

The Apache web server is one of the most p… Continue reading New Apache Web Server Bug Threatens Security of Shared Web Hosts

F5 Networks Acquires NGINX For $670 Million

One of the most important software companies NGINX, which is also behind the very popular open-source web server of the same name, is being acquired by its rival, F5 Networks, in a deal valued at about $670 million.

While NGINX is not a name that you … Continue reading F5 Networks Acquires NGINX For $670 Million