Published by Peter Armstrong on July 18th, 2024
MAXER is committed to providing the latest software on our web servers for optimum performance and security. Part of this commitment involves our technicians maintaining multiple different PHP versions on our web hosting servers. Each PHP version has its own lifespan: a beta version, a stable launch, numerous minor updates and security patches, and finally …
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Published by Peter Armstrong on December 3rd, 2021
Spiral Hosting are committed to providing the latest software on our web servers for optimum performance and security. Part of this job is our technicians maintaining multiple different PHP versions that we offer. Every PHP version has its own lifespan: a beta version, a stable launch, lots of minor updates and security patches, and finally decommissioning. …
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Published by Peter Armstrong on December 6th, 2019
Spiral Hosting are committed to providing the latest software on our web servers for optimum performance and security. Part of this job is our technicians maintaining the many different PHP versions on offer, with every version having its own launch date, updates and patches throughout its lifespan, and finally decommissioning. From time to time we …
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Published by Peter Armstrong on July 24th, 2018
The latest release of Google’s Chrome v68 web browser will now warn users that a website is “not secure” if the website is not using HTTPS (the S stands for Secure). With a market share of over 60%, Chrome is sending a clear message that all websites should use an SSL certificate and contain no …
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Published by Peter Armstrong on June 28th, 2018
Saturday 30th June 2018 marks a significant change to how the Internet communicates. An old security protocol (TLS version 1.0) is being phased out, and this might cause issues for anyone hasn’t updated their computer’s operating system, web browser or email software in the last few years. This blog post explains what’s happening and what you …
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Published by Peter Armstrong on February 12th, 2017
Spiral Hosting are making it easier than ever to secure your website with HTTPS. We have introduced a new AutoSSL feature on all our shared hosting, enterprise hosting and reseller hosting plans. AutoSSL is an automatically provisioned SSL certificate securing your HTTPS website (whether it is a domain, sub-domain, add-on domain or alias). AutoSSL offers a DV …
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Published by Peter Armstrong on April 12th, 2013
Irish web hosting provider Spiral Hosting have today emailed all their clients to advise them of brute force login attacks targeting WordPress blog software. WordPress is the most popular blog publishing software and it’s used by millions of websites worldwide. Peter Armstrong, Managing Director of Spiral Hosting explained, “There is currently a large scale …
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Published by Peter Armstrong on April 12th, 2013
These are instructions on how to install the Limit Logins Attempts plugin on your WordPress blog. This plugin is important because it helps prevent brute force login attacks from your WordPress admin dashboard. 1) Login to the admin dashboard of your WordPress blog 2) Go to the Plugins page and click on the “Add New” …
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Published by admin on February 8th, 2011
WordPress version 3.0.5 was released this morning. The new release includes a maintenance and security update which fixes two important security vulnerabilities. Spiral Hosting strongly recommend that all customers who use WordPress upgrade as soon as possible. We have seen a big increase in the number of websites being exploited because they are using out-of-date …
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Published by admin on January 13th, 2011
Joomla released the much anticipated Joomla 1.6 earlier this week. The latest version of their content management system claims to have “more power, more control, and more options than ever before“. They’ve been bragging about it for a while. The good news is that it’s now available to install instantly via Installatron in your cPanel …
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