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Parallels Security Issue – Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
SeanParallels recently sent out this Security Advisory. Parallels Plesk Panel 9.x, 10.x, 11.x – Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Parallels Customer, Please read this message in its entirety and take the recommended actions. Situation Parallels Plesk Panel privilege escalation vulnerabilities have been discovered and are described in VU#310500 and CVE-2013-0132, CVE-2013-0133 (CVSS score 4.4 – http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/310500). Impact [...]
New to server management?
SeanIf your website requires the power of a server but you aren’t experienced with server management, we emphatically recommend purchasing a server with Parallels® Plesk Panel. Having a control panel like Parallels Plesk Panel makes managing a server much easier. It removes the mystery of running command lines to do things like set up user [...]
DNS Attack Targets Some Customers
BetsyCWe recently emailed some of our customers about an attack that could affect their Virtual Private Servers or Dedicated Servers. There is a misconfiguration causing their DNS servers to answer queries from any host (this is also called recursive DNS queries). Attackers use this misconfiguration to perform DNS attacks against other Internet services. For more [...]
Hosting Product Name Changes
Just like folklore legends of shape-shifting humans and stories of mythological creature transformations, Go Daddy’s product names occasionally morph to reinforce branding and set the pace for industry standards. We’re excited to announce the re-branding for two of our core hosting products. Virtual Dedicated Servers are now called Go Daddy VPS (Virtual Private Servers) and [...]
Critical MicroUpdate for Plesk Users
LeslieParallels® recently released a new set of Critical MicroUpdates for certain versions of Plesk Panel 10.4 or earlier. This MicroUpdate addresses functional fixes, stability, and security – including for third-party components. Here’s some great news: By applying this new MicroUpdate, all previous MicroUpdates are also applied to Plesk. We are emailing our customers who need [...]
Not on 10.4? Time to Update Your Plesk Panel
LeslieIf you’re running an outdated version of Plesk, you’re putting your server and its users at risk. Parallels® recently identified a SQL injection security vulnerability on older versions of Plesk. You can learn more about that incident here. Running older versions of Plesk can also open your server to malicious outbound flooding attacks. Avoid these [...]
Plesk Vulnerabilities You Need to Know About
LeslieParallels® recently identified a SQL injection security vulnerability on older versions of Plesk. There is a patch to resolve the vulnerability, but it might require an upgrade to your current version of Plesk. Here’s information from Parallels that you can use to get started. The instructions vary based on the version and operating system of [...]
Information about Tuesday’s Service Interruption for Virtual Dedicated and Dedicated Servers
Go DaddyAt 11 p.m. Tuesday, we performed routine maintenance to enhance our protection against brute force attacks. Unfortunately, there was a misconfiguration in the update supplied by our vendor, and approximately 250 customers were unable to access their Virtual Dedicated and Dedicated servers. Customers brought this issue to our attention and it was escalated to our [...]
Server Chat Service Maintenance Friday Night (3/25)
SeanMark your calendars, folks — our server support chat will be down for maintenance on Fri., March 25 and Sat., March 26. Maintenance begins Friday at 10 p.m. MST. Chat will be completely inaccessible until 11 p.m. MST. Users might experience intermittent service interruptions until Saturday at 3 a.m. MST. Thanks for your patience as [...]
Go Daddy and IPv6
SeanThere has been a lot of talk around the Internet about the depletion of IPv4 addresses and the technology replacing them, IPv6. We already let you know there’s nothing to worry about for Go Daddy customers, but we wanted to give those who are more in-the-know detail about our IPv6 implementation strategy. Go Daddy already [...]
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