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WordPress hosting service Kinsta targeted by Google phishing ads

WordPress hosting provider Kinsta is warning customers that Google ads have been observed promoting phishing sites to steal hosting credentials.
- Mayank Parmar
- December 17, 2023
- 06:46 PM
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Hosting firm says it lost all customer data after ransomware attack

Danish hosting firms CloudNordic and AzeroCloud have suffered ransomware attacks, causing the loss of the majority of customer data and forcing the hosting providers to shut down all systems, including websites, email, and customer sites.
- Bill Toulas
- August 23, 2023
- 10:40 AM
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Open source software host Fosshost shutting down as CEO unreachable

Open source software hosting provider Fosshost will no longer be providing services as it reaches end of life. Fosshost project volunteers announced the development this weekend following months of difficulties in reaching the leadership including the CEO.
- Ax Sharma
- December 04, 2022
- 02:02 AM
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Distribute your own training videos with this hosting platform deal

Ongoing training and education are crucial to founding and leading an effective IT department. The OnlineCourseHost Lifetime Subscription helps you quickly distribute and sell training materials for $99.99, 94% off the $1800 MSRP.
- BleepingComputer Deals
- May 21, 2022
- 08:12 AM
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Launch your own WordPress site with this lifetime hosting deal

Developing and launching websites should be a simple process. The PixelHost WordPress Hosting Lifetime Subscription gives you efficient site construction and launch for $59, 83% off the MSRP of $360.
- BleepingComputer Deals
- April 05, 2022
- 02:07 PM
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Namecheap offers free anonymous hosting, domains for anti-Putin sites

US-based domain name registrar Namecheap announced today that it will provide sites protesting the current regime in Russia and Belarus with free domains and web hosting.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 02, 2022
- 12:37 PM
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Bulletproof hosting founder imprisoned for helping cybercrime gangs

34-year-old Russian Aleksandr Grichishkin, the founder of a bulletproof hosting service, was sentenced to 60 months in prison for allowing cybercrime gangs to use the platform in attacks targeting US financial institutions between 2008 to 2015.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 01, 2021
- 04:23 PM
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Bulletproof hosting admins sentenced for helping cybercrime gangs

Two Eastern European men were sentenced to prison on Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization (RICO) charges for bulletproof hosting services used by multiple cybercrime operations to target US organizations.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 21, 2021
- 07:52 AM
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OVH hosting provider goes down during planned maintenance

OVH, the largest hosting provider in Europe and the third-largest in the world, went down earlier today following what looks like routing configuration issues during a planned maintenance.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 13, 2021
- 04:32 AM
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Hetzner cloud server provider bans cryptocurrency mining

Popular German cloud hosting and dedicated server provider Hetzner has banned cryptomining on its servers after users have been using their large storage devices to mine Chia.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 19, 2021
- 05:31 PM
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Bulletproof hosting admins plead guilty to running cybercrime safe haven

Four individuals from Eastern Europe are facing 20 years in prison for Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization (RICO) charges after pleading guilty to running a bulletproof hosting service as a safe haven for cybercrime operations targeting US entities.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 07, 2021
- 03:29 PM
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France links Russian Sandworm hackers to hosting provider attacks

The French national cyber-security agency has linked a series of attacks that resulted in the breach of multiple French IT providers over a span of four years to the Russian-backed Sandworm hacking group.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 15, 2021
- 01:23 PM
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Wasabi cloud storage service knocked offline for hosting malware

Cloud storage provider Wasabi suffered an outage after a domain used for storage endpoints was suspended for hosting malware.
- Lawrence Abrams
- December 29, 2020
- 06:28 PM
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Ransomware forces hosting provider Netgain to take down data centers

Cloud hosting and IT services provider Netgain was forced to take some of their data centers offline after suffering a ransomware attack in late November.
- Lawrence Abrams
- December 08, 2020
- 06:13 PM
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REvil ransomware hits Managed.com hosting provider, 500K ransom

Managed web hosting provider Managed.com has taken their servers and web hosting systems offline as they struggle to recover from a weekend REvil ransomware attack.
- Lawrence Abrams
- November 18, 2020
- 10:53 AM
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GoDaddy notifies users of breached hosting accounts

GoDaddy notified some of its customers that it had to reset their passwords after an unauthorized party used their web hosting account credentials to connect to their hosting account via SSH.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 04, 2020
- 06:35 PM
- 2
World's First Domain Registrar Network Solutions Discloses Breach

World's first domain registrar Network Solutions disclosed a security breach that happened in late August 2019, and allowed a third-party to infiltrate some of the company's computing systems without authorization and potentially access some customers' personally identifiable information (PII).
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 30, 2019
- 08:57 AM
- 0
Bulletproof Hosting Service in Former NATO Bunker Goes Down

Authorities in Germany this week shut down the services of a bulletproof hosting provider set up in a former NATO bunker that went five floors underground.
- Ionut Ilascu
- September 30, 2019
- 03:23 AM
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iNSYNQ Cloud Hosting Provider Hit by Ransomware Attack

Cloud computing provider iNSYNQ experienced a ransomware attack which forced the company to shut down some of its servers to contain the malware infection from spreading and affecting more customer data.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- July 19, 2019
- 04:46 PM
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Police Seize Servers of Bulletproof Provider Known For Hosting Malware Ops

Dutch police have seized ten servers belonging to a bulletproof hosting provider known for harboring child pornography sites and command and control servers for DDoS botnets, cyber-espionage, malvertising, spam, and malware operations.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- May 16, 2018
- 05:45 PM
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