Author: Offshore-Servers

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...

How to Install cPanel & WHM in CentOS 6

Installation of cPanel in CentOS and RHEL 6 First insure that OS version on which your Linux box is running, to do so, please use following command. # cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS release 6.4 (Final) If you don’t have the latest version, please update your OS to its...

How to Install cPanel/WHM on CentOS 7

Installation of cPanel/WHM on Centos 7 Before installing cPanel you must have Perl installed on your server as cPanel is written in Perl. To install Perl on your system, login as root user and run the following command. yum -y install perl Now you will need to set the...