Tag Server Security
Protecting your server from malicious attacks is paramount in today´s digital landscape. Fail2ban, a robust log-parsing application, serves as a vigilant guardian, monitoring system logs for signs of automated assaults on your VPS instance. As you delve into this tutorial,…
How to Secure Your Linux Server: A Detailed Guide
Does your business use Linux? If so, you’re not alone: countless other companies around the world rely on it daily too. One of the biggest benefits of using Linux is that Linux servers are open source, which makes them some…
How to Avoid High CPU Load and Block Hackers and Bad Bots Effectively
Some server operators find themselves battling with a high CPU load on their systems, which inevitably slows down website responses. The main cause of high CPU loads is often due to search engine crawlers and “bad bots”, which are essentially…
Web Server Security – Beginner’s Guide
Web server security is a broad term covering the processes and solutions that keep web servers secure. Web server security encompasses three elements: host, network, and physical. For example, a comprehensive firewall can protect network connections, while unauthorized users are…
Linux Server Security – Best Practices for 2021
Linux server security is on sufficient level from the moment you install the OS. And that’s great to know because… hackers never sleep! They’re kind of like digital vandals. Taking pleasure – and sometimes money too – as they inflict…
How to Install and Configure CSF
As a firewall application suite designed for Linux servers, Config Server Firewall ( CSF ) is a Login/Intrusion Detection that’s effective for such applications as SSH, Pop3, IMAP, SMTP and others. CSF will recognize when a user is signing into…
ModSecurity Comprehensive Guide
What is ModSecurity? It’s a toolkit designed for real-time web application monitoring, logging, and access control. If it sounds complex, don’t worry. Anyone with experience of ModSecurity will attest that it’s a flexible toolkit, with no hard and fast rules…
Next Level Ops Podcast: Tips for Keeping Your Server Secure with Igor Antipkin
Hello Pleskians! This week we’re back with the fourth episode of the Official Plesk Podcast: Next Level Ops. In this installment, Superhost Joe speaks to Igor Antipkin, Plesk’s Security Warlock. Igor shares his philosophy on the multifaceted role security plays…
How to manually remove website malware
We all face daily cybersecurity challenges. No matter how hard you try, you’ll never reduce the chances of being hacked to zero. But server security solutions are here to help prevent and detect unauthorized access. Do you need help learning…
Software Tools to Prevent Attacks on Servers and Sites
As hackers find more sophisticated ways of accessing your data, security is becoming a day-to-day struggle for businesses. Since 2018, security breaches have increased by 11%. And in the first half of 2019 alone, 4.1 billion personal records were exposed.…