Quantcast
Channel: Security
Browsing all 30 articles
Browse latest View live

phpMyAdmin security vulnerability

I have been reading articles about a vulnerability in phpMyAdmin versions prior to 4.7.7. Is there a planned update for phpMyAdmin, or are there actions we need to take ourselves to get the latest?

View Article



sa-learn vs. cron job updates to SA

What is the relationship between running sa-learn in a specific account (per wiki article https://www.knownhost.com/wiki/email/exim/training-spamassassins-accuracy-with-sa-learn) and the overnight...

View Article

Website security question

I am here to discuss website security. A lot of website owners and companies are facing lots of troubles due to hackers. A few days back I read something about this in a blog. They have described...

View Article

WP Login Attempts, Others in Errors Log

I have two accounts, each with a single domain on them, that have just some static splash pages. Barely any files on them. I was looking at the Errors log in cPanel and there are numerous attempts to...

View Article

Cant Su a user

Hi guys! I´m doing the last configs on my vps to trasnfer my domains. As KH provides direct root login I would like to set a user to do su - I created the user and I added to the wheel group. Ok when I...

View Article


GDPR - what is KH doing as the processor?

I have not seen anything from KH in regards to GDPR compliance - while there may not be any direct business in the EU, KH for sure is a processor for any company/individual that is storing personal...

View Article

Global httpd.conf rules

I've compiled a list of static security rules for all of the sites on my server from hours of web research and searching. I'm currently using .htaccess to serve these rules. I'm wanting to serve these...

View Article

Hardening VPS/Ded Server for WordPress w/o security Plugins

I've been a Knownhost customer for a while and just now found the forums (thanks to searching for this subject). I only handle WordPress sites on my server for my clients. I'm looking for a way to not...

View Article


How to Block port no 80 on cPanel/WHM

Many shared hosting have the feature of blocking Port no 80 and other ports on a cPanel account when malicious files are detected on that cPanel account. Can you let me know how can i implement this...

View Article


Imunify360 and CSF

Hello, if I'm running Imunify360, do I still need to run CSF also or Imunify360 alone would to the job? Thanks,

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

FREE ImunifyAV

Hello, Anyone have installed and tested the free version of ImunifyAV on a cPanel VPS? СloudLinux Blog www.cloudlinux.com Not sure if I can install it or it will bug my installation of cPanel. Thanks,

View Article

DNSSEC & Namecheap

Hey there! The default resolv.conf file supplied by KH includes the localhost (127.0.0.1) which prevents us from changing to PowerDNS if we want to enable DNSSEC. Is the localhost reference needed or...

View Article

Dummy Question about Firewall Log Activity

So, I'm a complete greenhorn to the world of VPS. I've finally managed to set up my firewall so that it works--on setting high, with a few tweaks allowing for just a little more leniency. Brute Force...

View Article


Scanning for Outdated Scripts

if I wanted to go about scanning my server for outdated scripts such as older versions of jQuery and Tiny MCE and the like, is there an easy way to do that?

View Article

Exim exploit for versions prior to v4.92

Hey folks, There was a recent patch to a previously unknown exploit that the Exim team patched without truly knowing that they patched it. --...

View Article


SSL - Forward Secrecy (or Perfect Forward Secrecy)

I was discussing this with a KH support crew member last week, actually. I recently decided to implement an SSL certificate on my personal website, and will be doing the same for another project at...

View Article

cPanel SSL's

I noticed that cPanel certificates will cover entire sites now. This is a first for me and I've only been with KH for about a month. Are these reliable and a good idea to use? For our eCommerce clients...

View Article


Malware scanner for website

In response to my asking a customer to open up their firewall to my website, they rejected the request and said my site has been shown to host malware. However, their report shows IP addresses that are...

View Article

Virus Attachments in Email

Dear Team, i am facing issue of virus attachments in email. My server doesn't recognize the email to a "SPAM". I receive email with virus attachment like invoice.doc and requirements.doc

View Article

owner:group security

DirectAdmin file manager assigns all created objects with, in my case, admin:admin, which is the sole user on the panel - at my previous host everything was assigned to nobody:nogroup, but i was told...

View Article
Browsing all 30 articles
Browse latest View live




Latest Images