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BLACK FRIDAY: The Venus Host has Feature-Packed Shared Hosting Starting at $2.49/Month!

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Nov 26, 2021
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Welcome to Black Friday, Venus Host! They've been sharing great offers with us here at LowEndBox for some time and always come with fun themes.  Whether it's Valentine's Day, Pandemic Relation Special, or April Fool's Day, The Venus Host always has sharp marketing. And this Black Friday is no exception.  Check this out: Get shared hosting for only $2.49/month! Or $24.90/year! That includes Unmetered bandwidth! Separate di...

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BLACK FRIDAY: The Venus Host has Feature-Packed Shared Hosting Starting at $2.49/Month!

Have You Checked Out Our Tutorials?

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Nov 25, 2021
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Sure, you come to LowEndBox to get great deals, but did you know you can also learn a thing or two here? We have over 250 tutorials we've published over the years on topics such as Linux VPS administr...

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Have You Checked Out Our Tutorials?

Providers: Partner with LowEndBox!

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Nov 25, 2021
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Being a provider means mastering many challenges - customer support, security, networks, and many more.  One of the most challenging is marketing.  How do you get the word out about your services?  Ho...

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BLACK FRIDAY: Amazing Storage Offer from ServaRICA! (200GB SSD, 4TB HDD, 8TB bandwidth = $15/mo!)

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Nov 25, 2021
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Happy Black Friday from ServaRICA! They have a completely awesome offer for our readers.  You can get a cheap VPS with: 200GB SSD 4TB HDD 8TB bandwdith ...for only $15/mo! Very innovative offer, combi...

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BLACK FRIDAY: Amazing Storage Offer from ServaRICA! (200GB SSD, 4TB HDD, 8TB bandwidth = $15/mo!)

BLACK FRIDAY: Hostiger Brings VmWare-Based Cheap VPS Systems Starting at $19/YEAR for 1GB RAM!

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Nov 24, 2021
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Hostiger is bringing some holiday cheer with some very tasty offers.  These are cheap VPS systems that run on VmWare, so not as cookie-cutter as many providers. 1GB VPS with 1TB bandwidth for only $19...

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BLACK FRIDAY: Hostiger Brings VmWare-Based Cheap VPS Systems Starting at $19/YEAR for 1GB RAM!

FCC Revokes China Telecom's License to Operate in U.S.

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Oct 26, 2021
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted today to kick China Telecom out of the US, revoking their license to operate.  China Telecom has 60 days to cease operations. According to the press r...

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FCC Revokes China Telecom's License to Operate in U.S.

Why Do My Files Have Quotes in the Them When I Use 'ls'?

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Oct 20, 2021
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If you've upgraded to a recent Linux version, you may have noticed a change in the output of your ls commands. Specifically, files that have spaces or other special characters in them are quoted. For...

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Why Do My Files Have Quotes in the Them When I Use 'ls'?

How to Update Intel Microcode on Debian 11 Bullseye

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Oct 17, 2021
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Not long ago I noticed this message when booting one of my home systems: "TSC_DEADLINE disabled due to Errata; please update microcode to version: 0x22 (or later)" I wasn't having any issues with the...

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How to Update Intel Microcode on Debian 11 Bullseye

The Syniverse Hack: Why Using SMS for 2FA is a Bad Idea

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Oct 05, 2021
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Security gurus have suggested for years that relying on SMS for two-factor authentication is a bad idea.   Reasons include Your phone may be stolen Many people allow SMS messages to be displayed on lo...

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The Syniverse Hack: Why Using SMS for 2FA is a Bad Idea

Privacy, Canaries, Crypto, and Backpacking: Interview with Curtis of IncogNET!

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Sep 25, 2021
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Our interview series has featured a wide opinions and views.  Today's interview is no exception - and it's a real treat to read!  Curtis from IncogNET joins us to discuss privacy, free speech hosting,...

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Privacy, Canaries, Crypto, and Backpacking: Interview with Curtis of IncogNET!

Painless MariaDB Replication with Galera Clusters

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Sep 22, 2021
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Galera is MariaDB's multi-master replication technology which makes it a snap to setup highly-available multi-node MariaDB clusters.  In this tutorial we'll walk through setting up a cluster and also...

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Microsoft Says Passwords are Passé

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Sep 18, 2021
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Are passwords a dying breed? In a blog post published September 15, Microsoft Vice President of Security, Compliance, and Identity Vasu Jakkal entitled "The passwordless future is here for your Micros...

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Microsoft Says Passwords are Passé

Hostigger is Now Hostiger and Has Ferociously Cheap VPS Offers for You! (Kansas City or Istanbul)

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Sep 12, 2021
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Hostigger is now Hostiger and they're bringing some awesome offers: Get a 2GB KVM with 40GB of disk and 2TB of traffic for only $4.99/month! Take 30% off if you buy annually! Larger sizes available to...

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Watta Offer from Watta Server! (1GB VPS for $24/Year!)

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Sep 02, 2021
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Watta offer from WattaServer we have for you!  They're new to our community and are kicking things off in true LowEnd style with some cheap VPS offers:: Get a 1GB VM with an ipv4, 10Gbps DDoS protecti...

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Watta Offer from Watta Server! (1GB VPS for $24/Year!)

Microsoft Azure's CosmosDB Accidentally Left Wide Open

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Aug 27, 2021
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Microsoft revealed Thursday that some customers' CosmosDB databases in Azure were accidentally left wide open. A security researcher named Wiz discovered that it could access keys that unlocked thousa...

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Microsoft Azure's CosmosDB Accidentally Left Wide Open

LowEnd Provider Clouvider Suffers Website Hack

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Aug 26, 2021
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LowEnd provider Clouvider suffered a website hack today. A group styling itself "Katyusha SecurityExploitCrew" defaced a website they manage, as reported on LowEndTalk. The site was a redirect to thei...

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CoinBase Customer Service Continues to be Appalling: Thousands Hacked

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Aug 25, 2021
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A while back, I used CoinBase (NASDAQ: COIN) for some cryptocurrency transactions and found their system buggy and the customer service nonexistent. After failing repeatedly to get an account verified...

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CoinBase Customer Service Continues to be Appalling: Thousands Hacked

T-Mobile Leaks Almost 50 Million People's SSNs and Driver's Licenses

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Aug 19, 2021
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T-Mobile announced on Wednesday that a "a bad actor had compromised T-Mobile systems": "Some of the data accessed did include customers’ first and last names, date of birth, SSN, and driver’s license/...

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T-Mobile Leaks Almost 50 Million People's SSNs and Driver's Licenses

Report Reveals cPanel/WHM Suffers "Multiple Vulnerabilities"

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Aug 17, 2021
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Security research firm Fortbridge has released a report claiming to have discovered "multiple vulnerabilities in cPanel/WHM". The report states: "Our team has found multiple vulnerabilities in cPanel/...

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Report Reveals cPanel/WHM Suffers

RackNerd's CEO, Dustin B. Cisneros on the Evolution of the Hosting Landscape, Aggressive Expansion, and Managing 17 Datacenter Locations

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Aug 16, 2021
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RackNerd, a well known provider within the LowEndBox & LowEndTalk community which was recently voted #1 top provider by the community members, was recently featured on an interview with HostAdvice...

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RackNerd's CEO, Dustin B. Cisneros on the Evolution of the Hosting Landscape, Aggressive Expansion, and Managing 17 Datacenter Locations

Apple Installs Mandatory Software on Every Apple Device That Allows Engineers to See Your Photos, Approve Your Searches

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Aug 14, 2021
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Apple announced today that will begin scanning every photo, iMessage, and search you perform on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac in order to verify that Apple approves of the content you are viewing.  Under...

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Apple Installs Mandatory Software on Every Apple Device That Allows Engineers to See Your Photos, Approve Your Searches

Comment Free For All: Hacking in the Movies

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Jul 28, 2021
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I once watched an episode of Law & Order with a friend who is an attorney. From the moment the action switched from the police to the prosecutors, he was tied up in knots, shouting at the screen a...

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Insurers Tire of Paying Ransom to Cyber Crooks

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Jul 20, 2021
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Loss ratios in the cyber insurance world have skyrocketed in recent years - surging 400% year over year.  They have hit 70% of paid premiums, which some industry commentators are saying is unsustainab...

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Tarsnap: Cloud Backups for the Truly Paranoid

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Jul 18, 2021
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Tarsnap is a cloud backup company that emphasize strong cryptography. It's the brainchild of Dr. Colin Percival, former FreeBSD security officer. Its motto is "online backups for the truly paranoid" a...

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Custom-Built for Success: Interview with Radic Davydov, CEO of ReliableSite

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Jul 15, 2021
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Our interview series has featured a lot of industry leaders and we continue today by talking with Radic Davydov, CEO of ReliableSite. In this interview, you'll get a fascinating look inside this succe...

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Custom-Built for Success: Interview with Radic Davydov, CEO of ReliableSite

Running Like a Swiss Watch: Interview with Andrew Azarov, CTO of ServerAstra

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Jul 09, 2021
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Our interview series has featured a lot of industry leaders and we continue today by talking with Andrew Azarov, CTO of ServerAstra. In this interview, you'll learn about their focus on security, self...

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Running Like a Swiss Watch: Interview with Andrew Azarov, CTO of ServerAstra

How to Force and Redirect HTTPS with .htaccess

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Jun 30, 2021
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This article was contributed by Dustin Cisneros at RackNerd, a web hosting and infrastructure as a service provider which was recently voted #1 by the LowEndTalk community! If you are looking for a Li...

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Hosterlabs Confirms Data Breach

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Jun 23, 2021
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Hosterlabs announced today that on June 21st they "experienced an intrusion" in which unidentified attackers "placed malware on our servers, and by doing so gained access to our customers' data". The...

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Hosterlabs Confirms Data Breach
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