Updates, news and developments from hosting, security and Internet infrastructure.
Security
The aim is to connect the technology with everyday operational decisions. Backups are primarily designed to restore systems after deletion, corruption, failure or compromise.
Web & WordPress
The aim is to connect the technology with everyday operational decisions. The number of installed plugins alone does not determine whether a WordPress site is slow or insecure.
Domains & DNS
The aim is to connect the technology with everyday operational decisions. An A record maps a hostname directly to an IPv4 address, while a CNAME aliases one hostname to another.
Security
This article is based on a real 2025 incident or official security disclosure. On 16 June 2025 CISA added CVE-2025-43200 affecting multiple Apple products and CVE-2023-33538 affecting TP-Link routers to its Known Exploited…
Internet & Cloud
This article is based on a real 2025 incident or official security disclosure. On 12 June 2025 Cloudflare experienced a significant outage lasting 2 hours and 28 minutes across Workers KV and many dependent services.
Email
The aim is to connect the technology with everyday operational decisions. Forwarding changes the route a message takes and can complicate sender authentication.
Web & WordPress
The aim is to connect the technology with everyday operational decisions. Core, plugin and theme updates can change application behaviour, database structures and compatibility.
Security
The aim is to connect the technology with everyday operational decisions. A WAF evaluates HTTP requests and can block many malicious patterns before they reach an application.
Domains & DNS
The aim is to connect the technology with everyday operational decisions. A domain delegates authority to nameservers.
Hosting
The aim is to connect the technology with everyday operational decisions. Web applications frequently read code, sessions, caches, logs and database files.
Internet & Cloud
The aim is to connect the technology with everyday operational decisions. A CDN can cache and serve content close to visitors, absorb traffic and reduce repeated work at the origin.
Security
This article is based on a real 2025 incident or official security disclosure. Cloudflare reported blocking 20.5 million DDoS attacks in the first quarter of 2025, a 358% year-over-year increase.
