CVE-2026-98432: Protect Your WordPress VPS and Bare-Metal Servers Before Ubuntu Patches
Introduction A critical bug in the Linux kernel’s TCP code, CVE-2026-98432, went viral on October 29. The kernel’s…
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iPhone HEIC Uploads Failing in WordPress? Fixing iOS 18 Photos in PHP Imagick
Introduction If your WordPress sites accept photo uploads from registered users — membership communities, forms, WooCommerce reviews, anything…
php2shell: Critical PHP RCE Hits WordPress Sites — What You Need to Know
Introduction PHP shipped an emergency security release on October 21, 2026, fixing two critical remote code execution bugs…
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Introduction If your server runs nginx with rewrite and set directives in its configuration — and a large…
Root Access for Everyone: The Linux Local Privilege Escalation Crisis of 2026
Introduction Crisis? Depending on who you talk to. For the most part if you’re using services with a…
Rack Nerd New Years Deals 2026
The Racknerd Promotions for New Years 2026 These are RackNerd’s New Year 2026 VPS deals. You can find…
How to Archive WordPress and Server Data on Google Drive using Rclone
Rclone is a command-line utility designed for managing files on various cloud storage platforms. Functioning similarly to “rsync…
How to Increase Disk Space for a Linux Virtual Machine in Proxmox
Introduction This guide walks you through the safe and repeatable process of increasing VM disk space in Proxmox…
Why PHP-FPM Process (Worker) Limits Matter: Preventing Server Outages with Standardized Pool Configuration
Introduction The reason I’m writing this article is simple: I’ve seen far too many servers hosting multiple sites…
Which DNS Providers Support Apex CNAME Records (a.k.a. CNAME Flattening)
Introduction This page serves to provide an updated list of DNS providers (includes Domain Registration providers and Hosting…