{"id":1695,"date":"2017-09-14T18:20:44","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T23:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.serverpronto.com\/spu\/?p=1695"},"modified":"2018-05-31T11:01:49","modified_gmt":"2018-05-31T16:01:49","slug":"web-hosting-news-report-september2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.serverpronto.com\/spu\/2017\/09\/web-hosting-news-report-september2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Web Hosting News Report"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Welcome to the Web Hosting News Report, your roundup of the top stories all in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know about.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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1st – Equifax Says Unpatched Apache Struts Vulnerability Behind Massive Security Breach<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Equifax officials said today that its massive security breach was possible via unpatched web hosting application server vulnerability Apache Struts CVE-2017-5638, confirming what some in the security community expected to be the case last week when the news first broke<\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Read more about the breach<\/span><\/a>. And, if you haven’t checked whether you’re affected yet, do so here: <\/span>Check Potential Impact<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00c2\u00a0<\/span>2nd – DreamHost DOJ Fight a “Win for the Web”<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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“This morning Chief Judge Morin of the Superior Court of Washington D.C. took the time to examine the DOJ\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s initial warrant and their amendment, weighing them against our concerns<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re pleased that the court further limited the government\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s access to this data today.”<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00c2\u00a0<\/span>3rd – Keep the Internet\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Backbone Free from Censorship<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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“The past few days have shown how fast we can glide down the slippery slope to web censorship.” <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Facebook and Twitter were <\/span><\/span>perfectly<\/span><\/span> within their rights, <\/span><\/span>legally<\/span><\/span> and <\/span><\/span>ethically<\/span><\/span>, when they banned accounts of certain hate groups and their leaders<\/span><\/span>. <\/span> Providers of web infrastructure, <\/span><\/span>however<\/span><\/span>, must <\/span><\/span>be held<\/span><\/span> to a stricter standard since they act as choke points that can prevent an individual or group from being able to express themselves online<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Currently, there are no U.S. laws or regulations to prevent web infrastructure providers from taking such actions<\/span><\/span>. <\/span>Under federal law, private corporations can deny service to groups or individuals, as long as it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not because of their race, religion or sexuality<\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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But should we? <\/span>Read more here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00c2\u00a0<\/span>4th – Microsoft Chasing European Startups for Future Cloud Business<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Microsoft Corp. <\/span>is doubling down on its attempt to back Europe\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s next big software startups, <\/span><\/span>in order to<\/span><\/span> win over the future business to its cloud platform<\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Read More.<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00c2\u00a0<\/span>5th – Trump Effect Could Cost U.S. Cloud Providers Over $10 Billion: Report<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Cloud computing companies in the U.S. could lose more than $10 billion by 2020 as a result of the Trump administration\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s reputation <\/span><\/span>regarding<\/span><\/span> data privacy, according to Swiss hosting company <\/span><\/span>Artmotion<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A <\/span><\/span>whitepaper published by Artmotion<\/span><\/a>\u00c2\u00a0suggests that growth rate in U.S. cloud revenue relative to the rest of the world will decline <\/span><\/span>significantly<\/span><\/span> more than <\/span><\/span>previously<\/span><\/span> forecast by IDC<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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