Your server is only as secure as the scripts you run on it. Strong passwords, firewalls and a tight security policy aren’t going to help if you have scripts or applications that contain vulnerabilities. Unfortunately, many of the most popular scripts and applications do contain flaws and/or poorly written code that may allow the bad […]

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The following message came through from cPanel just now:
An arbitrary file inclusion vulnerability has been discovered in the Horde
webmail application. At present, we can confirm that this security
vulnerability in question affects Horde 3.1.6 and earlier. Based on
incomplete information at this time, we also believe this affects Horde
Groupware 1.0.4 and earlier as well (cPanel does not […]

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Well..according to Acunetix (a provider of enterprise grade security scanning products). At first glance it seems an alarming figure and I would forgive you if you thought that perhaps they might be exaggerating those figures a little. I don’t believe that’s the case … let me explain why.
Let’s use houses as an analogous example. Of […]

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It’s a cry for help that I’m hearing more and more lately. That is due in part to there being several organised groups on the Internet who are very actively defacing websites. You may have even seen some of the defaced sites. One of the most active groups is a Turkish group that has, on […]

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The most common ways that unauthorised persons gain access to your web site and/or hosting account are:

Weak Passwords - If you use simple, plain english passwords then you are an easy target.
Script vulnerabilities - These are generally ‘back doors’ that are caused by insecure programming code.

Passwords are entirely within your control. You can choose to […]

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