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Namecheap’s 30-Hour Outage Is a Lesson in Why DNS and Hosting Shouldn’t Share a Single Point of Failure
A data center cooling failure took down Namecheap’s hosting, DNS, and email at once. Here’s the DNS hosting redundancy lesson that made…
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14 Trojanized npm Packages Are Dropping a Linux Backdoor
In this npm supply chain attack, 14 npm packages disguised as calendar utilities install a Linux backdoor sold on Hack Forums for…
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CVE-2026-19478: What to Do If You’re Running GitLab on Your Own VPS
On August 17, 2026, GitLab shipped an emergency patch outside its normal twice-monthly release schedule. Three days later, security firm watchTowr had…
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WordPress 7.1 Ships August 19: What Actually Changes for Site Owners
WordPress 7.1 is scheduled for release on August 19, 2026, timed to land on the final day of WordCamp US in Phoenix.…
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WordPress 7.1: The Admin Change That Could Break Your Plugins
WordPress 7.1 ships today, August 19, 2026. While headlines focus on client-side media processing, a new Tabs block, and richer collaboration notes,…
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Hepsia vs cPanel: What the Feature Lists Don’t Tell You
Hepsia is a proprietary, consolidated control panel bundled by specific hosting providers to manage domains, billing, and site files in one place,…
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The Hidden Cost of Bot Traffic: Why Bandwidth Limits Matter When Choosing a Host
Bot traffic now outnumbers humans on the web. Here’s what it costs a hosting account beyond bandwidth, and why unlimited traffic plans…
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What AI Crawlers Actually Read on Your Site: robots.txt vs. llms.txt Explained
llms.txt vs robots.txt: the two files sound similar but do different jobs, and neither can block an AI crawler that ignores it.…
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Why Legacy PHP Is a Security Risk for WordPress Sites (and How to Fix It)
Legacy PHP (7 and older) has thousands of unpatched bugs that will never be fixed. Here’s what that means for your WordPress…
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What the Secure Hosting Alliance Says About Trust in Web Hosting
Web hosting is a strange industry to shop in: the product is largely invisible until something goes wrong, and most buyers have…
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