A security bug affecting Linux versions 3.8 and higher was recently identified. Although this bug (CVE-2016-0728) was first introduced into the Linux Kernel in 2012, it was only discovered and made public a few days ago. When we learned of the bug’s existence, we immediately patched all internal Leaseweb servers. We advise everyone to patch their […]
Trust is built with consistency. Leaseweb has rapidly expanded its business across the globe in the past years. As a result, there were many separate and standalone certifications for different services and products within our organization, several of which overlapped. A restructuring of the compliance portfolio was needed. Last year, we started with a clean […]
Leaseweb, a leading global hosting provider, is sponsoring StopBadware (www.stopbadware.org) to make the internet safer through the prevention, mitigation, and remediation of malware websites. Leaseweb will provide hosted server infrastructure, physical capacity and redundancy for the network and services, to support the growth of the global initiative.
Have you ever checked out computerweekly.com? It’s a very high-profile British IT magazine. They published a really interesting today, based on an interview with our Leaseweb Security Officer Alex de Joode. He relates some insights on the security mistakes many professionally maintained websites still contain. The article also digs into how you, as an owner […]
Cybercrime dominated the IT and national press in 2010 with many high profile incidents from global cyber attacks to international botnet busts. Stuxnet, which is a form of malware that targets industrial equipment appeared in June 2010, and changed the cyber security landscape as we know it. The Stuxnet incident provided a wakeup call to […]
Recently, I had the pleasure of hosting the administrator of the site Abuse.ch, the leading Zeus tracker site. Abuse.ch is one of a number of sites Leaseweb supports under its Community Outreach Project to make the internet a safer and better place. Leaseweb works with many not-for-profit organizations that monitor the web for malicious activity, […]