Monday, February 27, 2012

Plesk control panel bug left FTC sites (and thousands more) exposed to Anons

Plesk control panel bug left FTC sites (and thousands more) exposed to Anons
A critical vulnerability in some versions of Parallels' Plesk Panel control panel software appears to have been key to the recent penetration of two servers hosting websites for the Federal Trade Commission. The vulnerability in the software, which is used for remote administration of hosted servers at a large number of Internet hosting companies, could spell bad news for hosting providers who haven't applied the latest updates, as well as their customers.

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