Using Fail2ban to keep your server secure is one of the best ways to protect yourself and your customers. After all, protecting your dataf rom malicious attacks is still paramount. It’s a robust log-parsing application, which serves as a vigilant…
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…
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 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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…