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Is Your Website Software Up To Date?
Spiral Hosting are advising webhosting clients and our resellers to ensure that their website software is up-to-date and secure. We have noticed a recent increase in malware bots scanning websites on...
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Information on Release of Joomla 1.6
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“....
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WordPress 3.0.5 Release and Security Fixes
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...
View Article[How To] Install WordPress Plugin “Limit Logins” and Prevent Brute Force Attacks
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...
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WordPress brute force login attacks at epidemic level
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...
View ArticleSecure your website with HTTPS
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....
View ArticleEnsure your software is up to date: TLS v1.0 switch off 30th June 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...
View ArticleGoogle Chrome now penalising non-HTTPS sites!: Secure your site with AutoSSL...
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%,...
View ArticleThe Big PHP 7.3 Upgrade (December 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...
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A Little PHP 7.4 Upgrade (December 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...
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