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09 Apr
Byte encoding exploits in PHP files
Despite better coding practices, testing and peer review of code, the number of exploit attempts and the technical complexity of attacks continues to increase against web sites. With the rise in exploit attempts comes a... -
07 Apr
Getting Started With The Spark Framework on Plesk 12
In the world of web application development, especially rapid web application development, the names you usually hear of are PHP, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Python, and, more recently, Go. The name you usually don’t hear,... -
31 Mar
Integrating Plesk 12 with logentries
Recently, here on the Conetix blog, we began looking at configuring Plesk 12 to integrate with different logging options, ones outside of the standard setup, ones which can make it easier to stay abreast of... -
26 Mar
Apache vs Nginx vs OpenLiteSpeed: Part 1
As a hosting provider, we run hundreds of web servers with varying configurations. Some are tuned to work with large systems, some are tuned to work with lots of domains and some a tuned to... -
24 Mar
Directory Traversal Attacks – Beware DirBuster
A What? A directory traversal attack is a type of brute force attack by which a hacker uses to get both an understanding of your web site structure and potential access to files which have...
18 Jan
Good Password Hygiene
As the year gets off to a flying start, now is the time to work on and tidy up our passwords. Like all systems, good password hygiene can help to ensure you remain secure and avoid costly exploits. Instead of waiting for an incident to occur, we want to be one step in front and prevent it from ever occurring...