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Better Late Than Never

Plesk has released version 18.0.79, and one thing that stood out in the release notes was the strong focus on security. According to Plesk, this release included a comprehensive security audit, fixes for multiple securit…

The Cost of Spam

When large mail providers ignore abuse, everyone pays the price. One of the biggest myths in email is that most spam comes from small hosting companies or "spam gangs." That is not what we see. On our network, a large pe…

Network Upgrade

We've recently made some major improvements to the network by adding diverse routing to our gateway sites through locations in Dallas, Waco, and San Antonio. In simple terms, traffic now has more than one way to reach it…

Facebook Business Manager Scam

We are seeing a large spam and phishing wave using fake Facebook Business Manager partner requests. These emails usually say things like “You’ve received a Business Manager partner request” and try to scare or confuse us…

Google Sites Phishing Spam

We are seeing scammers abuse the sites.google.com platform to create fake webpages that trick people into calling scam phone numbers, entering passwords, or sending money. Many of these fake pages are being sent through …