Security Issues Across Linux OS'

[Skhilled]

I'm sorry that I haven't been around but I've been through server hell and back. LOL

The reasons being is that I was having servers issues with older forums and WordPress sites that weren't upgraded and still using older PHP versions. Those versions are outdated and can cause security vulnerabilities, as well as just operating issues. Those sites started having problems, although, they were warned well ahead of time.

Fast forward to the present... There eventually came a hacking that had nothing to do with their issues which compounded things even further making it harder to tell what was going on. While trying to fix some of the former issues, I started noticing some strange attempts on the server. So, I decided to move to new hosting as the one I saw with was no help at all!

After, about a week after moving to the new hosting, I slowly started receiving login emails from "unknown sources". This usually means that one or more persons have gained access who were not supposed to be there. I mean Admin access. Luckily, I had already moved everything and am HOPING all is good with the new hosting. So far, everything has been good. I even paid for CloudLinux which will give you older PHP versions which they keep updated, as well as other things. I've seen CloudLinux for a long time but have never thought that I would need them, until now! Yes, I was using Contabo Hosting and they currently are not answering any support tickets "due to high demand". It's been a few days for me now. So, I can only think that, maybe, a lot of their servers were hacked, unfortunately!

Here are the current security issues I've faced and have noticed, thus far:

Copy Fail: 732 Bytes to Root on Every Major Linux Distribution:

https://xint.io/blog/copy-fail-linux-distributions

Dirty Frag [CVE Pending]: Mitigation and Kernel Update on CloudLinux:

https://blog.cloudlinux.com/dirty-frag-mitigation-and-kernel-update

I hope that this will help others to protect themselves and others.