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Phishing attempts target SiteHost customers
SiteHost customers are receiving phishing emails with fake login links. Time to add 2FA to your SiteHost account and take other steps to protect yourself.
AWS finds a new toll to charge everyone, calls it "modernisation"
AWS puts a price on IPv4 addresses while blocking adoption of IPv6. Another reason to think twice before going all in on The Cloud.
Clever companies are leaving the public cloud
We see bare metal improving faster than cloud services. Market analysts see a US$500B opportunity.
Debian 12 (Bookworm) available on VPS and VDS
The latest Debian release, which will be supported for five years, is now an option on Linux VPS or Virtual Dedicated Servers.
CentOS Linux and RHEL: Avoid the fallout
Things have gotten harder for all those servers and hosting platforms that need to get off CentOS soon.
How our data centre performed through Auckland’s extreme weather
Record-setting rainfall, gale-force winds and cyclones are going to challenge any infrastructure. Our data centre got through it all.
Running Elementor Pro and WooCommerce? Update your plugins ASAP
All versions of Elementor Pro up to (and including) 3.11.6 allow users to escalate to WordPress admin access.
We blocked thousands of IPs from Azure, all because of one bot
A single bot with a cunning method of hiding behind multiple IP addresses from Azure has led us to go big on defence. Our Technical Director explains.
Windows Server licence costs will climb in 2023
A cascade of software licence price increases is hitting the hosting industry. The latest news is from Microsoft.