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FTP Exploit | Access Restricted UPDATED

The FTP exploit has been patched by Atomic Turtle Repository, this patch will rectify the security flaw to all Parallels Plesk Panels that operate on our system.

System Administrators that wish to manually apply the patch to their servers can do so with the following steps:

Updated packages should be available for everybody in the [atomic] repo now. For the newcomers you can upgrade with:

1) add atomic
wget -q -O - http://www.atomicorp.com/installers/atomic |sh

2) Update psa-proftpd:
yum upgrade psa-proftpd

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www.atomicrocketturtle.com
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VH will be completing a scheduled update of all servers with the patched version of ProFTP over the next 24 hours and remove the block placed on FTP ports by tomorrow morning.

For further assistance please contact support@velocityhost.com.au

Kind Regards
Velocity Support

Velocity Lanuches Backup Online Secure Cloud Storage

Velocity launches Backup Online Secure Cloud Storage:

Backup Online allows resellers and partners to offer cloud storage services to their customers providing better customer retention, improving customer relations and increasing profits.

Features:

Backup Online securely stores your most important files in the cloud for fast and easy retrieval from any computer with web access.

Backup stand alone desktops, laptops and complete servers in only a few clicks.

For more information check the website, contact your partner manager or email sales@velocityhost.com.au

Secure Cloud Storage
Velocity Host

FTP Exploit | Access Restricted

What has happened:

Some time in the evening a Plesk FTP exploit was detected, specific ports on our routers have been blocked to evade any attack from hackers to keep customer data secure.

What This Means:

Currently this means that access to FTP, SFTP & SMB are blocked so access is restricted to these services for the time being.

Action:

Software Providers have been advised of the problem and we are awaiting a course of action, we are currently awaiting additional information and a patch to be applied to resolve the exploit, once applied all traffic for these ports will be re-opened.

Thank you
Velocity Support

sweetmactips:

vb:

Rockmelt - A new way to surf

Remember Marc Andreessen?  Yeah, he’s got a hand in this. Looks quite cool.

Suddenly Safari looks boring.

Wow this an incredible new web browser, it takes multitasking to a whole new level, very nice looking forward to giving this a run.

Thank you to “sweetmactips” blog for bringing this very cool new browser to attention.

(Source: vb)

Full Internet Services Have Been Restored

All internet services have now been restored to full capacity and intermittent connectivity issues have been resolved by our upstream provider.

Our upstream provider was at the centre of a DDOS (Denial Of Service Attack) which saturated routers and servers with requests and degraded services temporarily.

We will make a further announcement regarding this issue once a complete list of details have been released and advise our course of action that we will be taking.

Thank you

VH Admin

Parallels Cloud Service Provider Blog: Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.6 for Windows Now Available

Parallels releases Virtuozzo 4.6 for Windows.

VH will be offering a free trial of Parallels Virtuozzo 4.6 for our resellers and partners in the next few weeks, please contact your account manager or email sales@velocityhost.com.au for more information and to schedule a time for your trial subscription.

Gerardo Altman
National Partner & Reseller Manager