Keep your WordPress site secure!
I work for a hosting company. On average, I’ll clean up at least 3-4 WordPress sites each month for our clients. Most of the time, they’re running on old versions of WordPress and have at least a dozen...
View ArticlePatch your WHM/cPanel machine for heartbleed
You’ve certainly heard about Heartbleed by now. If not, you can read more about this vulnerability at Heartbleed.com. Continue reading this post to find out if you’re vulnerable, and how to patch your...
View ArticleGlobally disable directory listing on WHM/cPanel
One of the things that WHM/cPanel servers have on by default is directory listing. This is something you don’t want – but it’s easy to fix! 1. Log into WHM 2. Apache Configuration –> Global...
View ArticleBlock Semalt Referrals
One thing we’re seeing more and more, while it’s not really a security concern, is that people want to block junk traffic from Semalt.com. What they’re noticing is a ton of referrals in their stats...
View ArticleLock down your SSH port/access
The instant a Linux server is connected to a public network it starts getting hit by attackers. There are people out there running programs constantly against IP ranges and they’ve hit your server...
View ArticleMigrate CXS license from one server to another
When you upgrade servers, you usually like to take things you paid for with you to your new one. This will show you how. So you want to migrate CXS license from one server to another… If you are just...
View ArticleRemove kambasoft.com from your google analytics
Much like blocking semalt.com referrals, kambasoft.com is next on the list of gnats that cloud your analytics stats. Read on to find out how to block them. The trouble with kambasoft is that it’s not...
View ArticleLFD: Excessive resource usage
If you run the CSF/LFD firewall on your server then you’ve no doubt seen the emails complaining about high resource usage for various accounts. This small tutorial will show you how to minimize them....
View ArticleBash ShellShock bug – Find out if you’ve been “tested”
We’ve seen the articles about how to find out if you’re vulnerable to the bash shellshock bug, we’ve also seen the articles on how to patch your system. What I’ll show you is how to find out if people...
View ArticleCentOS 7 / RHEL 7 – Open ports
One of the most common things I do on Linux machines is open ports to test software in a development environment. In the past, that meant trying to remember (and Googling) cryptic...
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