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Migrating VPS with virtualmin – Multiple DNS changes
We have had a customer move from one host to a new one with Virtualmin, this is usually ok, except in this case he had DNS hosted on his own VPS, most of it pointing to his old IP address. … Continue reading
Old versions of PHPMyAdmin and Automated Scanning
It has come to our attention that we have had a decent number of alerts about machines scanning on our networks in the last day. All of them have been running hacks from /tmp named things like /tmp/dd_ssh etc. These … Continue reading
Rimuhosting does LCA2010
A couple of the die hard Linux fanatics here at Rimuhosting decided to bribe the boss into letting us go to Linux.conf.au this year, and in fact even managed to get him to become a little blue penguin sponsor. Luckily … Continue reading
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Has your VPS been hacked?
If you use any pre-packaged software, it always pays to sign up to their mailing list or security advisory list. This means if any exploits or updates happen, you are on the ball and up to date. Today we had … Continue reading
nginx hacking using proxy
It sucks getting hacked Every now and then servers get hacked. Often because of an exploitable webapp, or because (most commonly) a weak, easily guessable password was used on a well known user account (like 'root' or 'info' or 'test'). … Continue reading