WP Super Cache security update issued. Fixes nasty XSS bug.
An update for WP Super Cache was recently released to address a nasty XSS security vulnerability and it is recommended that you update as soon as possible.
Read more …Updated CentOS kernel to 2.6.32-431.23.3.el6 on SAPPHIRE
We have installed the latest CentOS kernel (2.6.32-431.23.3.el6) on SAPPHIRE. The server will be undergoing a quick reboot, which should only take a moment or two. For most customers, they won’t even notice the downtime. Websites, content and databases will not be affected in any way. If you have any questions, please get in touch with …
Read more …ISP-Related Networking Issues
One of our data centers is experiencing outages Tuesday morning as part of a widespread issue impacting major network providers including Comcast, AT&T, Time Warner, and Verizon. Please note that this is not an issue with the server you may be hosted on; but rather other aspects of the global internet are at play here. …
Read more …Service disruption to LW1 web server
In an ongoing effort to make you aware of security and performance concerns, we wanted to inform you of an ongoing event. Server affected: LW1 We are reaching out (while simultaneously taking action) to inform you that our monitoring team has discovered an issue that requires emergency maintenance on the server where your website is …
Read more …Pagespeed Improvements Courtesy of Google
We’ve just finished a significant round of improvements to shared web hosting servers. Starting today, all web servers operating in a shared hosting environment have Google’s mod_pagespeed solution built right into the server. You don’t need to do anything…it’s already there! So what is it? mod_pagespeed speeds up your site and reduces page load time. …
Read more …WordPress Brute-Force Protection
In an ongoing effort to make you aware of security and performance concerns, we wanted to inform you of an ongoing event. There is currently a brute-force login attack targeted at websites with WordPress. Due to the nature of the attack, memory consumption on targeted servers has increased. In some cases this has resulted in …
Read more …GoDaddy is down…now’s the time to make the switch at a discount!
GoDaddy is down. The word is out, and right now we want to help you transition to a modern-day host that isn’t necessarily a “domain name company”. Face it, it’s the truth. They’re a domain name company that decided one day to offer website hosting…and through my own interactions with clients have seen too many …
Read more …Planned maintenance on LW1
We need to perform some emergency maintenance on the LW1 shared hosting server this weekend. As part of this work, we will be moving the server accounts to a new, separate server. You will keep the same IPs, and the data will be retained and backed up. The current hosting solution needs to be updated …
Read more …Suhosin installed on all shared hosting servers
Due to increased hack attempts against the shared hosting servers of the world (including our own), Ashworth Consulting has opted to install Suhosin, a clever little tool that helps to make your PHP applications more secure in the off chance they weren’t designed/developed with security in mind. Many of the largest hosting companies in the world …
Read more …Using Piwik when mod_security is enabled on your site
Several customers have asked about getting Piwik analytics working correctly while we have mod_security enabled. We try to be as aggressive as possible against the spammers and hackers of the world, and that’s why we run mod_security, but we don’t like that to hinder your ability to use some of the great web scripts out …
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