Tech – Serversaurus Blog

January 9, 2020

Vulnerabilities discovered in WordPress 5.3

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in WordPress distributions up to version 5.3. The vulnerabilities discovered allow remote attackers being able to perform various Cross-Side Scripting (XSS) and Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks, create open redirects, poison cache, and bypass authorization access and input sanitation. These vulnerabilities have been addressed and resolved in the latest WordPress version 5.3.1+. Our team would...

Operations/Security/Tech/Tips & Tricks

May 9, 2019

Hosting one of the three largest comedy festivals in the world

Each year, Serversaurus collaborates closely with the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF), as digital works ramp up before the one month festival begins in March. We work closely with the festival and their developers, preparing, testing and deploying adequate infrastructure to support the onslaught of ticketing, calendar and program traffic. The festival attracts close to 800,000 visitors each season, with...

From the trenches/Operations/Servers/Tech

July 12, 2018

M is for Migration

The M word. Migration. This nine letter word can and does cause a world of hurt for even the most technologically savvy. Taking the migration leap into the cloud or across from another provider, can have many benefits that include improved efficiencies, tighter security measures, lower operational costs and increased uptime to name a few. This would certainly explain why...

Privacy/Support/Tech

August 2, 2016

Serversaurus makes first acquisition

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 2nd, 2016 Melbourne, Victoria, 2nd August, 2016 – Serversaurus, a Melbourne-based green cloud computing company, has purchased the customers and infrastructure of Brisbane based cloud hosting company Tract.com. Serversaurus co-founder Martin Gleeson said he was proud to be making the company’s first acquisition since its inception in 2005: The purchase of the Tract.com customer base and...

Conscious business/Operations/Tech

April 14, 2016

Performance hosting plans now powered by SSDs

After a recent upgrade, we’ve moved our already super fast Performance hosting plans onto SSD backed storage. Our enterprise grade SSD array is ultra quick through configuration in the fastest and safest RAID10 setup possible. Our SSD storage is locally connected across a high speed backplane, providing arguably one of the fastest methods of hosting storage, allowing ultra quick database...

Operations/Tech

April 7, 2016

Technology vs Nature: Dutch train Eagles to take down unauthorized drones

As the use of Drones becomes a growing hobby worldwide, the issue of Drone regulation surfaces. How are we able to ensure Drones are being used safely, How do we keep airways clear of Drone activity, & How can we protect public privacy? In response, law enforcement around the world is currently in search of new ways to combat the...

Tech

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