8 Easy Steps to Safeguard an Apache Web Server and Prevent DDoS Attacks
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks have become an increasingly significant threat to web servers worldwide. As online business continues to grow, safeguarding your server from these attacks is essential…
What is a DDoS Attack: The Comprehensive Guide
Being one of the most prominent cyber threats, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks can have devastating consequences for businesses, governments, and individuals, causing financial losses, reputational damage, and disruption…
Can Your Domains Get Hijacked?
Imagine this scenario: your customer service line gets a call from the owner of a small business whose e-commerce website is hosted through your service. The owner is in a…
Are Your Employees the Biggest Threat to Your Cybersecurity?
Rather than concerning themselves with malicious hacker groups like Lizard Squad, business owners may want to learn from federal agencies and look at their insiders and employees as the next…
Should Web Hosts Offer Stock Images to Customers to Cut Down on Infringement?
If you have ever done very much posting on the web, you have likely turned to images to help illustrate a point you were trying to make. When you pull…
Why Entire Web Hosts Can Be Destroyed by Cyber Attacks
It seems like more and more prominent web servers are getting hacked and attacked these days. If even the giants of online industry are susceptible to hacks and attacks, what…
The Great Hacking Heist of 2014
2014 seemed to be the year of the hack and whittling away at website capabilities. While some hacks can serve as a mere annoyance to web hosts and their clients,…
What Will Be the Biggest Hosting Trends for 2015?
It has been over a century since Charles H. Duell, the Commissioner of the US patent office in 1899 declared that “everything that can be invented has been invented.” The…
Canada is the Newest Nation to Join the Fight Against Web Copyright Infringement
With the amount of money being spent on web development these days, it’s no wonder that web copyright infringement has become such a hot button topic. Protecting one’s precious online…
President Obama’s Cybersecurity Speech – What Can We Expect?
As part of his series of State of the Union Address previews, President Barack Obama recently spoke at the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center. He announced his intention to…
The Recent Cyber War: Who Won, Who Lost, and What Lessons Did We Learn?
The impact of inexpensive IT networking systems has made cyberwarfare capabilities relatively cheap initiatives compared to pursuing nuclear weapons. For instance, North Korean hackers are chosen from universities and begin…
Countries Using ISPs to Help Curb Copyright Violations in 2015
Copyright violations and copyright law may vary from country to country, but the legal and professional impact they can lead to is essentially the same. The U.S., the United Kingdom,…