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How To Harden An NGINX Web Server

The next segment in our InfoSec System Hardening series is how to harden an NGINX Web Server. NGINX is an alternative to the popular Apache Web Server on Linux. In this article, we'll show you some of the basics you'll want to take to secure your NGINX Web Server. To get started, you can follow [...]

By Robert Russell|2017-01-16T15:38:13+00:00January 16th, 2017|Categories: Security, Server Hardening, System Administration|Tags: hardening, infosec, nginx, security, sysadmin, web server|0 Comments

FairWare Ransomware Targets Linux Web Servers

If you host a website on a Linux server, you might want to watch out for the new FairWare ransomware. Not much is known about this ransomware yet, but it targets Linux web servers, deletes the web folder on the server and leaves a read_me.txt file which demands payment of 2 bitcoins as ransom to [...]

By Robert Russell|2016-10-16T15:54:06+00:00August 30th, 2016|Categories: Ransomware, Security|Tags: fairware, linux, ransomware, security, web server|0 Comments