by FireHost Evangelist on September 13th, 2011
Today, we proudly announce that our Series B round of funding has closed. The investment, led by The Stephens Group as well as earlier angel investors, will fuel investments in growth and infrastructure and enable us to make the company mission of becoming the global provider of secure hosting in the cloud a reality. See the official press release for more details.
“This capital investment represents a huge vote of confidence in our secure hosting solutions for SMEs and our ever-growing enterprise customer base, including several Fortune 50 and many Fortune 500 companies,” said Chris Drake, FireHost founder and CEO.
Looking Back
Since day one, our goal has been simple – provide the most secure hosting solution available to businesses of all sizes. Not an easy task, but with a security-minded ethos and dedication to customer support, we’ve met the challenge and opportunity with brute force.
We’ve experienced triple-digit customer growth year-over-year and successfully secured tens of thousands of web applications in the process. Within the last eight months, we’ve made numerous improvements to our MyFireHost customer portal, including Security View, and the gratifying initiative of launching the industry’s first PCI-DSS 2.0 compliant public cloud. Strangely enough, we believe this merely scratches the surface of our capabilities.
Looking Ahead
This infusion of capital enables us to continue investing in secure infrastructure, increasing our market share in the hosting space, and focus on delivering exceptional security to our customers.
In the coming months, you can look forward to improved:
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Tags: cloud hosting, PCI Compliant Hosting, Secure Cloud Hosting, secure managed hosting, Website Hosting
Posted in: Cloud Hosting, FireHost News
by FireHost Evangelist on August 3rd, 2011
FireHost is honored to announce a partnership with the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA). FireHost will serve as a member on the CSA Advisory Council and will be working with the other CSA corporate members to support thought leadership and endorse best practices for providing secure cloud hosting environments.
Cloud security is a hot topic throughout the industry and the discussion is not complete without mentioning how the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) has been influential in ensuring major security issues are addressed and averted. Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), a non-profit organization formed to promote security in cloud computing and education on the uses of Cloud Computing to help secure all environments.
“FireHost’s deep experience in virtualized and secure hosting is a welcome expertise for The Cloud Security Alliance,” said Jim Reavis, executive director of the Cloud Security Alliance. “We’re confident FireHost will be an asset in helping the CSA continue to innovate in developing best practices for securing providers in the cloud.”
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Tags: cloud hosting, cloud security, cyber security, FireHost, PCI Compliant Hosting, Secure Cloud Hosting
Posted in: Compliance, FireHost News, Security
by FireHost Evangelist on August 2nd, 2011
Action Required: TimThumb WordPress Plugin/Theme Vulnerability
Yesterday 8/1 WordPress learned of a vulnerability in TimThumb, a popular image resizing library. TimThumb is used in many WordPress plugins and themes. The vulnerability allows third parties to upload and execute malicious PHP code in the TimThumb cache directory. Once the code is uploaded and executed, your site will become completely vulnerable and could become compromised.
We recommend deleting timthumb.php or thumb.php if you can, or remove the entire theme or plugin directory. If the code is removed successfully double check your site is performing and working correctly . If deleting TimThumb is not an option, then please make sure to update the file with the latest version and remember to check the TimThumb site regularly for updates. To do this, visit the Updates page in your WordPress Admin control panel and ensure each plugin is running the latest version.
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Tags: WordPress Hack
Posted in: FireHost Alerts, Security
by FireHost Evangelist on July 28th, 2011
Some would argue that online security has changed for the worse. As open source Web applications become popular within businesses, they have also become appealing to hackers.
As more company websites run on open source applications like Drupal and with corporate blogs powered by WordPress, more victims may suffer from hacks and costly exploits. Learning jQuery learned this lesson the hard way. Before they took a serious look at hardening the open source platform, embarrassing and costly attacks wrought havoc. Other companies that haven’t taken proper precautions to insulate themselves against such threats could face the same fate.
We’ll highlight some security issues that open source Web applications pose and propose solutions if you’ve considered making open source applications part of your business.
Common vulnerabilities in open source Web applications
Like you, hackers love that open source Web applications are free and provide easy access given their “open” source code. If, for example, a hacker can deploy a script to steal information or take control of a Web application on a single piece of hardware, he can easily reproduce these devastating results to affect multiple users or multiple websites that share the same code base. Here’s why:
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Tags: Drupal Hosting, open source hosting solutions, protect open source applications, WordPress Security
Posted in: Cloud Hosting, Security
by FireHost Evangelist on June 22nd, 2011
Action Required: WordPress.org Repository Plug In Hack
On June 22nd, the WordPress team reported suspicious commits to several of their popular plugins (AddThis, WPtouch, and W3 Total Cache) which contained cleverly disguised PHP backdoors. A PHP backdoor could allow someone to gain unauthorized access to your website through maliciously-crafted PHP code.
As a precautionary security measure, WordPress has decided to force-reset all passwords on WordPress.org while they investigate the root cause. See http://www.WordPress.org for more information.
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Tags: WordPress Plugins, WordPress Security
Posted in: FireHost Alerts, Security
