Security
Enhancing Email Security: The Crucial Role of SPF and DMARC Records
In today’s digital age, email communication is pivotal in both personal and business interactions. However, the prevalence of cyber threats and phishing attacks has made it imperative for individuals and organizations to take proactive measures to secure their email systems. Two essential components are Sender Policy Framework (SPF) and Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance…
Read MoreNavigating the Murky Waters of WordPress Security: Unveiling the Risks of Recent Vulnerabilities
As an avid supporter of secure online practices, I must shed light on a recent revelation that has sent shockwaves through the digital community. The alarm bells are ringing louder than ever, and the focal point of concern is none other than the widely used content management system, WordPress. A recent article on Dark Reading…
Read MoreKeeping Your WordPress Website Up-to-Date: A Guide to Managing Plugins and Themes
Introduction WordPress is an incredibly versatile and popular content management system (CMS) used by millions of websites worldwide. One of the reasons for its popularity is the vast array of plugins and themes available that can enhance the functionality and appearance of your website. However, with great power comes great responsibility. Regularly updating your WordPress…
Read MoreA Message about Intel’s L1TF Security Vulnerability
Today, Intel released a statement regarding L1 Terminal Fault (L1TF), a severe security vulnerability that affects many multi-tenant environments running virtual machines, including SnapBlox. This vulnerability exposes data to any guest running on the same processor core. In SnapBlox environment, this means an attacker could theoretically use one Virtual Machine to view another Virtual Machine’s…
Read MoreThe Death of SquirrelMail
As of cPanel & WHM version 74, we will begin to depreciate our support of SquirrelMail, one of our bundled webmail applications. We expect to stop shipping SquirrelMail for new installations of cPanel & WHM in version 76 and will remove our support with version 78. As this change will disrupt many users, we are taking…
Read MoreRemoval of PHP 5.4 and PHP 5.5 in EasyApache Profiles
The week of June 18th we will be removing PHP version 5.4 and 5.5 from all cPanel-provided EasyApache 4 profiles. To help users understand what to do, and how to react when that change occurs, we’ve put together a quick list of questions that we think will frequently be asked. What exactly will happen? The…
Read MoreHow To Protect Your Server Against the Meltdown and Spectre Vulnerabilities
What are Meltdown and Spectre? On January 4, 2018, multiple vulnerabilities in the design of modern CPUs were disclosed. Taking advantage of certain processor performance optimizations, these vulnerabilities—named Meltdown and Spectre—make it possible for attackers to coerce applications into revealing the contents of system and application memory when manipulated correctly. These attacks work because the…
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