A major security flaw was detected in the WP GDPR Compliance plugin. Sites with a version lower than 1.4.3 installed are exposed to an unauthorized creation of an account with administrator privileges in WordPress. TheContinue reading
Category: Security
Do you use the Duplicator plugin? Be sure to read it!
Duplicator is a popular backup plugin (over 1 million downloads), site cloning or migration. Unfortunately, vulnerability has recently been detected that allows remote code execution. What can such an attack manifest itself? If strange contentContinue reading
The end of PHP 5.6.x and PHP 7.0.x support – December 2018
The matter is very simple. In December 2018, official support for PHP security fixes for two versions of PHP 5.6.x (end of support December 31, 2018) and PHP 7.0.x (end of support on December 3,Continue reading
Why is allowing a remote connection to MySQL a very bad idea?
Connection to a remote MySQL database Remote connection to the MySQL database used by the “MySQL remote database” function available in cPanel is unencrypted by default. This is due to the fact that MySQL inContinue reading
Turning on the SSL certificate in WordPress – guide
Turning on the SSL certificate in WordPress If You want your site working on secure connection, or the method you use does not work fully, I encourage you to read this guide. A secure, encryptedContinue reading
How does http/2 work and what can be gained with it?
The http 1.x protocol – a word about history HTTP 1.x is a protocol that was created over 25 years ago and though outdated, it is still widely used on the internet. The current standardContinue reading
Anti-exploit scan report in 2016
All files on Smarthost.pl servers are protected by a unique anti-exploit system. The system in real time supervises the modification of user’s files and makes sure that no files containing harmful software are uploaded. TheContinue reading
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We protect your site from external attacks
We all like to use WordPress. Joomla has a similar fondness. The statistics are confirmation. Currently, at least one out of every four sites is already running on the free WordPress platform. The popularity ofContinue reading
Break-ins on the server through the leaky OpenFlashChart script
For several days we have been observing the increased traffic of scans of our servers by bots trying to break into hosting accounts. After the last big scan on Sunday, June 9, 2013, the break-inContinue reading