In today’s digital age, where businesses increasingly rely on online services, facing server issues can be a nightmare. Slow load times, website crashes, or security breaches can degrade service, leading to user dissatisfaction and loss of revenue. To overcome these challenges, a strong understanding of common server issues and effective troubleshooting strategies are required. This blog will examine businesses’ main server issues and how to troubleshoot them effectively. Understanding Server Error Codes When dealing with server issues, error codes are essential in accurately diagnosing problems. Each error code provides valuable …
Server Security
The security of AWS access keys is paramount for safeguarding your cloud infrastructure. In the unfortunate event that access keys are exposed, immediate and strategic actions are essential to prevent unauthorized access and potential security breaches. This comprehensive guide outlines the crucial security measures to be taken when faced with such a scenario. Identify and Confirm ExposureThe first step is to identify and confirm the exposure of AWS access keys. Whether it’s accidental disclosure, a compromised system, or a security breach, a swift response is crucial. Deactivate or Delete Compromised …
Network configuration in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS using netplan
With Ubuntu 18.04 onwards, configuring IP addresses stands different from the older versions. When comparing with the previous versions the Ubuntu is using a new utility called Netplan – another order line arrange design utility, to arrange an IP address. Netplan has been presented by Ubuntu engineers in Ubuntu 17.10 where we no longer use the “interfaces” file to configure IP address but does the task using a YAML file with all default arrangement documents found under /etc/netplan/ directory. In this blog, we will check on how to design static …
Apache Struts 2 is an open-source development framework for Java applications. On March 6th, 2017, a vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-5638 in Apache Struts 2 was made public. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to perform remote code execution with malicious Content. This particular vulnerability can be exploited if the attacker sends a request to upload a file to a vulnerable server that uses a Jakarta-based plugin to process the upload request. The attacker can then send malicious code in the Content-Type header to execute the command on a vulnerable server. …
A serious vulnerability named Dirty COW has been discovered recently which has put the Linux kernel under risk. It is said that this vulnerability was noticed nine years ago (since version 2.6.22 in 2007) and remained unnoticed throughout this time. A researcher named Phil Oester was the man behind the detection of this serious threat. According to him, the vulnerability is described as a race condition where the Linux kernel’s memory subsystem handles the copy-on-write (COW) breakage of private read-only memory mappings. In this way, the attackers gain write access to …
Security researchers identified a new OpenSSL vulnerability, called DROWN( Decrypting RSA with Obsolete and Weakened Encryption ) on March 2016. This attack was focused on servers that use the more secure TLS protocol, which also supports the obsolete SSLv2.This vulnerability allows an attacker to decrypt the highly secured TLS encrypted communication if the server houses SSLv2 cipher support. DROWN was assigned the CVE-2016-0800 id by the us-nert on the march (https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/bulletins/SB16-067 ). More than 11 million websites that use TLS were vulnerable to DROWN attack. If your website is protected …
Now-a-days Brute force attacks to servers/websites are frequent. Brute force attack is generally a password guessing technique. It is a type of attack in which trying every possible combination of characters or data in order to find the decrypted message. A brute force guarantees finding the key – it’s trying every possible combination and does not rely on any potentially incomplete dictionaries or lists of possible keys. cPHulk Brute force Protection is an inbuilt protection used in WHM for preventing brute force attack. cPHulk Brute force Protection will detect and …
Installation and configuration of ‘Pyxsoft Antimalware’ in cPanel servers
Pyxsoft antimalware Plugin for cPanel/WHM protects your server from attacker scripts such as c99shell, r57shell, ANIShell, and hundreds more. It is a real-time Anti Malware for cPanel/WHM. Attackers can take control of your servers or can damage your customer’s data by uploading one of these scripts. Pyxsoft antimalware plugin works to protects your server in two ways: Protecting from the six server’s entrance SQL Injection Legitimate Access (SSH, cPanel etc) Web Forms FTP Brute Force Attacks Installed Trojans or shells
As we are aware, usually installing SSL Certificate requires Dedicated IP . The cost of this address is typically being passed down to the end user. Also the IPv4 address will be filled completely if every domain require a dedicated IP. So administrators decided to use multiple SSL installation on a single IP. Thus SNI (Server Name Identification) is established. >> What is SNI : —————— Server Name Indication (SNI) is an extension to the TLS protocol that indicates what hostname the client is attempting to connect. SNI is an …