Bluehost, Hostgator and other web hosting services found vulnerable - find suitable hosting provider
web hosting services found vulnerable - find suitable hosting provider
There are so many platforms that provides facilities of web hosting. You may want to find suitable hosting provider for making your idea live on the internet. But Blue-host, Host-gator and other web hosting services found vulnerable.
A team of security researcher has recently discovered one-click client-side vulnerabilities in Bluehost, Hostgator and other web hosting services. It is possible that the web hosting companies could have put millions of customers and the visitors at risk.
The Hacker News says that the web hosting companies like Bluehost, Dreamhost, HostGator, OVH and iPage were found vulnerable which is affecting nearly 7 millions domain hosted on these platforms.
Some of the vulnerabilities are very simple which you have already heard about. The attackers executes the malicious code when a visitor clicks on the link of the attacker. Such links redirect to the malicious websites.
The popular web hosting services having the critical flaws
1. Bluehost
2. Dreamhost
3. HostGator
4. OVH Hosting
5. iPage Hosting
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It was found that they have a very medium security standards for its users portals. It was found that their protections were easily bypassable using lesser-known tricks. The researcher also said that despite the multiple layers of security in HostGator, they can be bypassed.
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