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Virtual private server  have long been thought of as a next-generation shared hosting solution. They use virtualization ‘tricks’ to let you coin your own hosting environment and be a master of your server at a pretty affordable price. If you are well-versed in server administration, then an unmanaged VPS will help you make the most of your virtual machine’s capabilities. However, are you well-versed enough in security as well? Here is a Linux VPS security checklist, which comes courtesy of our Admin Department. What exactly is an unmanaged VPS? Before we move to the security checklist, let’s find out exactly what an unmanaged VPS is and what benefits it can bring to you. With an unmanaged VPS, pretty much everything will be your responsibility. Once the initial setup is complete, you will have to take care of server maintenance procedures, OS updates, software installations, etc. Data backups should be within your circle of competence as well. This means that you will nee...

New and highly-sophisticated variant of the malicious Panda Zeus malware is capable of exploiting Google’s standard search results to trick unwary consumers into providing their banking credentials over the web, as highlighted in a blog post published by the Cisco-System’s-owned  Talos  earlier this week. Metaphorically speaking, the malware “poisons” Google’s search engine results using Search Engine Optimization (SEO), essentially so that “fake bank-related results” are shuffled to the top of the first page, according to a  FOX News  report. Users searching for bank-related information such as branch locations, hours, or to open a new account online are being tricked into clicking a fake and malicious link which ostensibly looks harmless, but ultimately infects their system with the virus. Talos’ Cybersecurity experts noted how nefarious actors in this case took advantage of Google’s in-built SEO too...