Author: Offshore-Servers

Understanding and Mitigating RegreSSHion (CVE-2024-6387) Vulnerability in OpenSSH Servers

On July 1, 2024, a critical vulnerability in OpenSSH, dubbed “RegreSSHion” and tracked as CVE-2024-6387, was publicly disclosed. This vulnerability has significant implications for the security of systems running OpenSSH, a widely used suite of secure networking utilities based on the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol. In this...

Adding a CNAME Record in cPanel

In this tutorial will be shown how to Add a CNAME in cPanel. In this tutorial, we will show you how to create a CNAME record. CNAME records are a type of DNS record you can use to point a hostname elsewhere. While they aren’t needed by...

How to create and maintain MySQL Databases in cPanel

Creating a database from the MySQL Databases menu 1. In order to start, log into cPanel and click on the MySQL Databases menu in the Databases section: 2. Once there, find the Create New Database section, then simply indicate name of the future database and click on the Create Database button: 3. The database is...

1.5M Unpatched WordPress Sites Hacked Following Vulnerability Disclosure

Attackers have taken a liking to a content-injection vulnerability disclosed last week and patched in WordPress 4.7.2 that experts say has been exploited to deface 1.5M sites so far. The issue has evolved into “one of the worst WordPress related vulnerabilities to emerge in some time,” researchers with WordFence, a Seattle-based...

Hacked Websites Mine Cryptocurrencies

Cyber-security experts are warning that criminals are hacking into other people’s machines to generate cryptocurencies for them. According to a Trend Micro report, school, charity and file-sharing websites have been found infected with a particular code that makes the visitor’s machine generate currency. That code turns the machine into...