Industry News Archives

May 29, 2026

CVE-2026-48172: Root Privilege Escalation in LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin A critical vulnerability, identified as CVE-2026-48172, affects the LiteSpeed User-End cPanel Plugin versions 2.3 through 2.4.4. This security flaw carries a CVSS v4.0 score of 10.0, marking it as highly severe.

Critical Vulnerability Alert: CVE-2026-48172 – LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin Root Privilege Escalation Under Active Exploitation

Important Changes Ahead: Let’s Encrypt to Update Root Certificates and Discontinue Client Auth

Apr 19, 2026

On May 13, 2026, Let’s Encrypt will migrate to its Generation Y certificate hierarchy, marking a significant change in its operations. This transition involves switching the default ACME profile to issues from new root certificates, impacting the classic profile that most hosting operators and their customers typically use. Additionally, on this date, a new opt-in 45-day certificate option will be introduced, and client authentication certificates will be completely removed by July 8, 2026. Hosting providers must ensure that their renewal automation can handle this transition effectively.

Important Changes Ahead: Let’s Encrypt to Update Root Certificates and Discontinue Client Auth

Inside the 2025 Hosting “Trade War”: Hardware Turbulence, Vanishing Deals, and What It Means for All of Us

Dec 18, 2025

In one of our earlier posts, we talked about the fun part: Black Friday, megathread madness, and record-breaking traffic numbers that pushed LowEndTalk’s servers to their absolute limits. For example, look at the surge of interest on RackNerd’s LowEndTalk Black Friday thread – RackNerd achieved over 4.2 Million views on their LowEndTalk thread alone! But the celebration only makes sense if you understand the backdrop behind it.

Inside the 2025 Hosting “Trade War”: Hardware Turbulence, Vanishing Deals, and What It Means for All of Us

Synology Reverses Policy on “Synology-Branded Hard Drives Only” With DSM 7.3

Oct 08, 2025

Various NAS-focused news outlets are buzzing with news that Synology is quietly walking back from the disastrous hard drive policy introduced earlier this year. We'll see when DSM 7.3 comes!

RackNerd Ranks #3036 on 2025 Inc. 5000! 4x Inc. Honoree – Here’s How to Get Their Latest VPS Offers

Aug 13, 2025

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Over the years, RackNerd has collected an impressive set of achievements — and they’ve now done it four times in a row. In 2024, they not only earned a spot on the Inc. 5000 Regionals: Pacific list (No. 58) but also broke into the national Inc. 5000 list at No. 1506. Earlier this year, they scored another Pacific Regionals win (No. 94 for 2025).

ColoCloud Breach: Virtualizor Bugs Lead to Wild LowEndTalk Thread

May 25, 2025

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ColoCrossing's ColoCloud brand suffered a serious breach today. The CC team is working hard to remediate the situation. Here's what we know so far.

ColoCloud Breach: Virtualizor Bugs Lead to Wild LowEndTalk Thread

Big Tech’s Resilience Offers Encouraging Signals for the Hosting Industry and the “LowEnd” Ecosystem

Jon Biloh

May 08, 2025

Investors in major U.S. technology companies are breathing a sigh of relief following a round of strong Q1 2025 earnings reports, which have helped ease concerns about a potential slowdown in the tech...

Big Tech’s Resilience Offers Encouraging Signals for the Hosting Industry and the “LowEnd” Ecosystem

GoDaddy Posts Strong Q1 2025 Results: Revenue Up 8% Year-Over-Year

Frank

May 06, 2025

GoDaddy has kicked off 2025 with a strong set of first-quarter results, reporting healthy top-line growth, strong cash flow, and increased operating profitability, even as net income appeared to decline due to an accounting quirk from the prior year.

GoDaddy Posts Strong Q1 2025 Results: Revenue Up 8% Year-Over-Year

How to Poison AI Scrapers With Colorless, Odorless Iocaine: The Current Arms Race Between Billionaires and Hosters

Apr 12, 2025

AI scrapers are "relentless and brutal". Just ask Wikipedia. There's an arms race between these well-funded pillagers and content providers, and some people are deploying poisoners to slow bots down and fill their models with garbage.

How to Poison AI Scrapers With Colorless, Odorless Iocaine: The Current Arms Race Between Billionaires and Hosters

“I Recall Him Spefically Mentioning James Bond”: The Juicy Deel/Rippling Espionage Affidavit Is Out

Apr 06, 2025

In our last spy story episode, a spy from HR SaaS firm Deel had been outed where he worked at Rippling, using some clever forensics. Now the spy has turned state's evidence, and his affidavit makes for spicy reading. Needless to say, Deel has hung him out to dry.

“I Recall Him Spefically Mentioning James Bond”: The Juicy Deel/Rippling Espionage Affidavit Is Out

Google Summer of Code 2025 is Almost Here! Check Out What BorgBase Needs and How You Can Earn a Nice Stipend

Mar 07, 2025

Google's Summer of Code 2025 is opening up for applications in a couple weeks. You can early up to $6,600 in stipends and contribute to open source projects. One you might want to consider if BorgBase, a community favorite.

Google Summer of Code 2025 is Almost Here! Check Out What BorgBase Needs and How You Can Earn a Nice Stipend

The Transition from WHOIS to RDAP: What You Need to Know

Feb 03, 2025

The WHOIS system, long used for retrieving domain registration details, has been sunset in favor of the new Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP). This transition, initiated by ICANN, is designed t...

The Transition from WHOIS to RDAP: What You Need to Know

Domain Stats: Big Trends Shaking Up the Domain Market

Jan 07, 2025

ICANN recently unveiled the latest statistics regarding .com domain registrations, as compiled by Verisign for August 2024. This report reveals important trends within the domain registration landscape, particularly concerning major registrars.

Domain Stats: Big Trends Shaking Up the Domain Market

How Bitcoin Miners Are Becoming the Essential Power Source for AI Data Centers

Oct 11, 2024

In light of the cryptocurrency market’s volatility, Bitcoin miners are adapting their existing infrastructure to serve the data storage and computing needs of the AI sector.

How Bitcoin Miners Are Becoming the Essential Power Source for AI Data Centers

Automattic’s $32 Million Annual Demand: The High Stakes of Using the WordPress Trademark

Oct 05, 2024

The saga of WordPress, Automattic, and WP Engine continues. As LowEndBox first covered on September 24, 2024, the situation within the hosted WordPress community and industry has continued to become more complicated.

Automattic’s $32 Million Annual Demand: The High Stakes of Using the WordPress Trademark

Nvidia’s CEO Huang Proposes Nuclear Power as a Sustainable Solution for Data Center Energy Needs

Oct 04, 2024

Jensen Huang, the Chief Executive Officer of Nvidia, who played a pivotal role in the development of the technology driving the surge in artificial intelligence computing, stated that nuclear power represents a viable power source for datacenters.

Nvidia’s CEO Huang Proposes Nuclear Power as a Sustainable Solution for Data Center Energy Needs

Guess Who Just Got a $5 Billion Check From the Government?