May 22, 2012 -- Web hosting billing system WHMCS plans to setup and migrate to a new multi-server hosting infrastructure after suffering from both a DDoS attack, and social engineering attack over the past two days.
May 22nd, 2012 | Posted in control panels, e-commerce, hackers, Security, software and tools, Web Hosting, whmcs | No Comments
May 8, 2012 -- Cloud services provider FiberCloud announced on Monday that it has added virtual firewall options to its cloud server solutions. With the new firewall features, both Windows and Linux Cloud customers will be able to manage secure and custom connections across multiple cloud servers.
May 8th, 2012 | Posted in cloud computing, fibercloud, hackers, new products, Security, virtual private network, Web Hosting | Comments Off
April 27, 2012 -- The US House of Representatives passed the Cyber Information Sharing and Protection Act on Thursday by a vote of 248 to 168, giving the government authority to share cyber threat information with companies.
April 27th, 2012 | Posted in cispa, controversy, government and regulation, hackers, Legal issues, Security, Web Hosting | Comments Off
April 27, 2012 -- Federal authorities seized 36 domains used to sell compromised card data on Thursday. In a press release, the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency says it worked with the FBI and US Department of Justice to take down the sites that sold stolen payment card and online bank account details.
April 27th, 2012 | Posted in domains, ecommerce, europe, fbi, government and regulation, hackers, Legal issues, Security, soca, uk, Web Hosting | Comments Off
April 26, 2012 -- UK web hosting provider UK2.NET was hit by a major DDoS attack on Wednesday night, a report by The Register says. Managing director at UK2.NET Martin Baker told The Register on Thursday that it had never seen a DDoS attack of this scale on its network.
April 26th, 2012 | Posted in ddos attack, dns, europe, hackers, outages and downtime, Security, the register, uk, uk2net, Web Hosting | Comments Off
