cPanel Security Update

Oakley Capital, the venture capitalist in recent years responsible for multiple acquisitions in the hosting landscape, has reared its ugly head yet again. Popular software such as the cPanel and Plesk web hosting control panels, WHMCS billing system and SolusVM virtualization management platform were already under the umbrella of…

Simply patching systems against the Bash/Shellshock vulnerability may not be adequate. Attacks exploiting the flaw appeared within a day of its disclosure. Those attacks may have made changes to systems that would not be remedied by the application of a patch.

VMware has fixed a critical flaw in its vCenter Server that could be exploited to execute code remotely. The vulnerability affects vCenter versions 6.5 and 6.0. Users are urged to upgrade to versions 6.5c or 6.0U3b. US-CERT warned about the vulnerability, stressing exploitation could result in an attacker taking…

Over the past two years, processors, in particular processors made by Intel, have been targeted by an unending series of attacks that have made it possible for skilled attackers to intercept passwords, encryption keys, and other secrets out of data stored in resident memory.

cPanel have announced massive price increases that have seen hosting providers and users alike riling. Instead of paying per server, licensees will now have to pay per user account. This change is effective immediately and no options for grandfathering existing licenses have been provided.

Joomla! has released version 3.7.3 of its Content Management System (CMS) software that addresses several security issues. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected website.

Joomla! 3.7.1 is now available. This is a security release for the 3.x series of Joomla! which addresses one critical security vulnerability and several bug fixes. The security issue was found to be the result of inadequate filtering of requested data that lead to a SQL Injection vulnerability. We…

An update for LiteSpeed 4 & 5 was just released to address a security vulnerability within OpenSSL (CVE-2015-1793) and it is recommended that you update as soon as possible.

 Adobe’s first round of security updates for 2019 resolve two critical flaws for Adobe Acrobat and Reader for Windows and MacOS. These updates address critical vulnerabilities, CVE-2018-16011 and CVE-2018-19725.

An update for cPanel was just released to address various security vulnerabilities. These updates provide targeted changes to address security concerns with cPanel and WHM. We recommend that you update as soon as possible.

According to a Google Security Researcher who was able to defeat all of the current patches and make the vulnerability easier to exploit, they are now recommending the following unofficial patch until it is pushed upstream: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/25/13 Further Information: “http://www.itnews.com.au/News/396256,further-flaws-render-shellshock-patch-ineffective.aspx source: hostingseclist

Researchers have found a serious bug in the WP Live Chat Support plugin. This is the second time in six weeks that a vulnerability has been found in the plugin which is being used on thousands of WordPress websites. The latest bug allows hackers to inject their own code…

WordPress 4.2.3 is now available. This is a critical security release for all previous versions and we strongly encourage you to update your sites immediately.

Due to the ongoing uncertainty surrounding the cPanel control panel product we are forced to announce that we have removed cPanel licensing as an option from our VPS and dedicated server offerings.

cPanel has released new builds for all public update tiers. These updates provide targeted changes to address security concerns with the cPanel & WHM product. These builds are currently available to all customers via the standard update system. cPanel has rated these updates as having CVSSv3 scores ranging from…