07.Mar.2012 Parallels Plesk Hacked
Parallels recently sent notification of a critical Plesk security issue. On 10th February Plesk sent an email to its customers. ——- Dear Parallels Plesk Panel User: Please read this message in its entirety and take the recommended actions. Parallels has been informed of a SQL injection security vulnerability in some older versions of Plesk. This [...]
23.Feb.2011 How Was My Server Hacked?
With the advent of virtual computing or more commonly referred to these days as cloud hosting, it’s possible for more people to run ‘full’ servers as the costs have come down. Frequently these servers are Linux servers of one flavour or another depending on the experience of the user. Virtual platforms deploy ‘servers’ as default [...]
22.Feb.2011 Plesk Server Hacked
Plesk, a feature rich GUI control panel made by Parallels, is a common webserver control panel enabling easy access to server functionality. This ease of use can come at a price. Ease of use means stability, and stability can sometimes mean out of date components, moreso if the control panel is not updated regularly. If [...]