Monthly Archives: January 2014

Web Hosting Sales and Promos Roundup – January 31, 2014

In the week ending January 31, 2014, WebHostUK is offering a special on WordPress hosting, InMotion Hosting is offering up to 50 percent off its reseller hosting, and Superb Internet is offering 50 percent off dedicated servers. Continue reading

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Political Site Hosting and Design Company Faces Conspiracy Charges

Political candidate website design and hosting company ElectionMall and its CEO are facing charges of facilitating illegal foreign contributions to two candidates in San Diego’s 2012 mayoral race. Continue reading

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Black Lotus Identifies DDoS Attack Trends in New Report

The Distributed Denial of Service landscape is significantly changing, according to the January threat report (PDF) from DDoS mitigation provider Black Lotus. Some of the key trends reported include: “Distributed reflection Denial of Service” (or DrDoS) enabling massive attacks exceeding 100 gigabits per second; attacks targeting infrastructure rather than applications directly; and DDoS attacks from mobile devices (or mDDoS) now reaching significant levels. Continue reading

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.CA Registry CIRA Launches New Community Program, Plans $1M Investment

Among new allegations that Canada’s electronic spy agency has tracked wireless devices of users in a major airport in the country, one organization is hoping the launch of a new program will “make the Internet better for all Canadians.” Continue reading

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Turnkey Internet Launches Cloud Server Reseller Platform

Turnkey Internet announced the launch of a new cloud server reseller platform on Friday. The platform is targeted at channel partners, IT service companies and cloud based service providers. Continue reading

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