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Security guides and tools: hardening cPanel, DirectAdmin and Linux servers, firewalls, malware scanning, CVE fixes and incident response.

fail2ban vs CSF in 2026: Which Firewall for a Hosting Server?

fail2ban vs CSF for hosting servers in 2026: CSF fork status, features, nftables and AlmaLinux 10, resource use, cPanel/DirectAdmin/Plesk support and which to pick.

October 7, 2026

Imunify360 CLI: Scan, List and Clean Malware from the Command Line

imunify360-agent malware commands for 2026: queue scans, list detections, clean or restore files, manage the ignore list and report false positives.

October 7, 2026

Event ID 4625: An Account Failed to Log On (Status Codes)

Event ID 4625 records a failed Windows logon. Decode Logon Type and Status/Sub Status codes, find the source IP and spot brute-force attacks with PowerShell.

October 7, 2026

cPanel vs CyberPanel (2026): Cost, Features and Security

cPanel vs CyberPanel in 2026: vendor prices, OpenLiteSpeed vs LiteSpeed Enterprise, features, the 2024 and 2026 security incidents, migration paths and who each suits.

October 7, 2026

Best cPanel Alternatives in 2026: Free and Paid Panels Compared

Nine cPanel alternatives compared for 2026: DirectAdmin, Plesk, Enhance, Virtualmin, ISPConfig, HestiaCP, CyberPanel, CloudPanel and aaPanel, with prices, OS support and security records.

October 7, 2026

Conditional Access Baseline Policies for Microsoft 365 (2026)

A 2026 Conditional Access baseline for Microsoft 365: seven policies, break-glass exclusions, report-only rollout, licensing, and Graph PowerShell export and import.

October 7, 2026

NTFS Permissions Report to CSV: PowerShell Folder ACL Script

Free PowerShell script that exports NTFS folder permissions to CSV: identity, rights, allow/deny, inherited or explicit, scope, with errors logged.

October 6, 2026

Block RDP Brute Force on Windows Server: PowerShell Script

Free PowerShell script that reads failed RDP logons (event 4625), counts them per source IP and blocks repeat offenders with Windows Firewall rules, with allow-list and -WhatIf.

October 6, 2026

Reset krbtgt Password Safely: Two Resets, Replication and RODCs

Reset the krbtgt password safely: why it takes two resets, how long to wait, replication checks, Microsoft's New-KrbtgtKeys.ps1 modes, and RODC krbtgt accounts.

October 6, 2026

How to Audit Active Directory Changes: Track Who Changed What and From Which Computer

Turn on the right audit policy and SACLs, then find who changed which Active Directory user, group or setting, the old and new value, and the computer it came from. Tested on Windows Server 2025.

October 6, 2026

Secure Boot 2023 Certificate Check: PowerShell Script for Many PCs

Free read-only PowerShell script that checks Secure Boot, the 2023 Microsoft certificates in DB and KEK, UEFICA2023Status and events 1801/1808 on many Windows computers.

October 6, 2026

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Is your website set up right?

Check SSL, security headers, redirects, robots.txt, sitemap, llms.txt and security.txt in one test. It takes about 30 seconds.