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On a Linux server, if you are in need of changing the permissions of a
bulk amount of files or directories recursively, we can use 'find'
command to do it. The steps are explained below:
* Change to the directory in which you need to change the
permiss...
This will probably help you to find out the IP which tried the
malpractices in a server to get compromised.
First, we can try to find the IP which I need to monitor
1. This netstat script will list out the number of connections made by
an IP
> NETST...
HOW TO SETUP YOUR REMOTE ACCESS KEY IN WHM.
This demo assumes you've already logged in to WebHost Manager (WHM).
Now let's learn how to setup a remote access key.
A remote access key is what's needed if you want to have a script
automatically connect ...
Here we provide sample of most popular iptables configuration.
We will block all connections except specific ports
First of all to exclude any errors because of previous config we will
delete all current iptables rules.
SSH to your server with root ...
To change the root password for your VPS or Dedicated server via WHM:
1. Log into WHM.
2. Go to SERVER CONFIGURATION > CHANGE ROOT PASSWORD menu.
3. Enter the new password in NEW ROOT PASSWORD and CONFIRM PASSWORD
fields (you may use built-in Password G...
CHECKING IF AN IP IS BLOCKED IN IPTABLES
Check if IP is blocked:
> iptables -L -n --line | grep [IP Address]
If IP appear as DROP or REJECT, the IP has been blocked
Unblock the IP Address:
> iptables -I INPUT -s [IP Address] -j ACCEPT
Blocking ba...
ABOUT FAIL2BAN
Fail2Ban is a widely used tool for protecting the bruteforce attack
analyzing the server log files. This will help us to automatically
protect the server from malicious login attempts.
INSTALLING FAIL2BAN
Usually the default Centos Yu...
Your server is only as secure as your weakest password. As a rule of
thumb, the more lengthy and complex a password, the stronger it is.
Follow the best practices below for generating difficult to crack
passwords.
Best Practices
DOS
* DO USE PASSWO...
When visitors to your web site request a page using a secure
_https://_ connection, a broken padlock icon may appear in the web
browser's location bar. Additionally, they may receive a warning
message:
* MOZILLA FIREFOX displays:
"The connection to thi...
The LATEST TOMCAT VERSION --> 8.0.17 (19 JAN 2015).
For more details, you may refer to following link:
[ http://tomcat.apache.org/whichversion.html
[http://tomcat.apache.org/whichversion.html] ]
ATTENTION: All Joomla website owners/administrators
Our Security team received a number of alerts about website defacement
on Joomla websites.
Therefore, we would like to propose you some precautions to take in
order to prevent website defacement:
1)...
ATTENTION: All customers and administrators using CMS platform.
Dear valued customers,
Our Security team found that majority of the websitea being defaced
are using CMS (Content Management System) e.g common CMS are Joomla or
Wordpress.
Currently CM...
NOTE: This is an old announcement which we have posted on 2nd Nov
2010. We re-post it again as a references.
Dear valued customers,
Due to the recent defacement issue, our server administrator has
tightened the security of all shared hosting servers.
...
Dear Customers,
We believe there are a few web defacement issues which had happened
recently and affected some of our Shared Hosting customers. We
understand that it has caused a great impact in some of your accounts.
Hereby, we would like to use this o...
ATTENTION: All websites using CMS (Contents Management System).
Our Security team would like to advise all the
administrators/developers/owners of websites using CMS website
platforms to be proactive on updating their CMS platform version.
Some well k...
ATTENTION: TO ALL DEDICATED & VPS SERVER OWNERS/ADMINISTRATORS
Dear valued customers,
We have received a number of reports from our Security Team that some
of the VPS and Dedicated servers are being _INFECTED BY TROJAN
ROOTKIT._
Therefore, we would li...
ATTENTION: All WHM and cPanel hosting/servers
users/owners/administrators.
Dear valued customers;
We received an alert from our Security Team about the latest CPANEL
STABLE RELEASE VERSION 11.42.
Below is the message from cPanel Team:
==============...
Brute-Force Attacks occur when an attacker attempts to calculate every
possible combination that could make up a password and test against
your site to see if it is a correct password. This can be done either
by using dictionary words or trying to guess t...
WHY IS MY DOMAIN SUSPENDED BY REGISTRAR?
Registrar follows a set standard of AUP in reference to the domain
names they offer. If your domain engaged in abuse-related activities
that your Registrar deems as an alert, Registrar will take immediate
action ...
If you see a windows popped up with title "Deceptive Website Warning"
this means your website has some malware or script issues.
This malware is identified to steal information from website visitor
hence the browsers showed this warning.
WHAT CAN YOU D...
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