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- 1Nextcloud pitched as privacy-focused alternative to Google Drive●Take back your data privacy! Stop paying monthly per-user fees to Google Drive or Dropbox. # Nextcloud gives you a priva
Supporters of Nextcloud are urging users to take back control of their data by ditching paid monthly subscriptions to Google Drive or Dropbox. The open-source, self-hosted platform offers file sync, document editing and video calls under the user's own administration, and posts are pointing people toward guides on installing and optimizing it on their own servers.
- 2Apache HTTP Server 2.4.69 Patches 20 Security Vulnerabilities●Apache HTTP Server 2.4.69 Fixes 20 Security Vulnerabilities https:// lemmy.world/post/52617442
The Apache Software Foundation has released HTTP Server 2.4.69, a maintenance update that fixes 20 security vulnerabilities in the widely used open-source web server. Admins are being urged to update their installations promptly, as the web server powers a large share of websites worldwide and unpatched flaws can expose servers to attack.
- 3Flamethrower: an open-source DNS testing utility●🐧 Flamethrower – DNS performance and functional testing utility Flamethrower is a fast DNS testing utility for benchmark
Flamethrower is a fast, open-source tool for benchmarking and stress-testing DNS servers, supporting queries over UDP, TCP, DNS-over-TLS and DNS-over-HTTPS on Linux. It measures performance and functional behaviour of DNS infrastructure, letting administrators test how servers cope under load and verify protocol support.
- 4WordPress Flaw Turns One Admin Click Into Server Takeover●Click2Shell: A WordPress Theme-Install Flaw That Turns One Admin Click Into Server Code Execution If your organisation r
Security researchers have disclosed a WordPress vulnerability, dubbed Click2Shell, in which a single link opened by a site administrator can trigger malicious theme installation and full remote code execution on the server. Because WordPress powers a large share of websites, organisations are being urged to review admin practices and apply patches.