Tag Server Security

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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…

Elvis Plesky
April 20, 2021
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Using Fail2ban to Secure Your Server

Meet Fail2ban. This log-parsing application is designed to monitor system logs and recognize signs that indicate automated attacks on your VPS instance. By the time you reach the last line of this tutorial, you’ll have a better understanding of how…

Elvis Plesky
March 8, 2021
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Various

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…

Elvis Plesky
March 7, 2021

Various

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…

Elvis Plesky
February 3, 2021

Podcast Season 1, Product and technology

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…

Elvis Plesky
May 20, 2020
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Events, Various

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…

Elvis Plesky
April 10, 2020

Business and industry, Guides, Product and technology, Security alerts

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.…

Elvis Plesky
March 30, 2020

Featured, Product and technology, Security alerts

Best practices to strengthen Plesk server security

Best practices to Strengthen Plesk server securty - Ples

Server security is the core of server management for any web hoster and server admin. Any online business should take server security seriously. Here we’ll explore the most important aspects at hardening Plesk servers and monitoring them for security vulnerabilities.…