Deploy Hak5 Cloud C2 on AWS LightSail with SSL
So I treated myself to some more Hak5 kit (having previously only had the Rubber Ducky), the new devices come with access to a free Command and Control platform – called Cloud C2 – that ca ...
Category Archives: Hosting
Redirect Loop on SiteGround Hosting when using CloudFlare
I recently had a problem with the PhishDom website where the homepage was stuck in a loop showing a plan screen and the favicon on the tab just blinking like this: When I popped open the Chrome Develo ...
WordPress Permission Problems on IIS
While I would never recommend running WordPress on a Windows box unless you have to (having done this for several years and the performance was just never on par with a Linux equivalent), if you must ...
Following the Phisher
A company known to me, let’s call them AcmeIndustry.co.uk, was recently targeted by persistent spear-phishing attacks. Emails we’re being sent to staff which appeared to be from other memb ...
How to Export Emails from Mimecast (Idiot’s Guide)
I recently posted an article about an experience a company I know had with Mimecast and their policy on customers exporting data from their own data from their platform. As a follow up to that, I thou ...
Idiots Guide: Migrating WordPress to GoDaddy Managed Hosting
There are lots of guides out there for migrating WordPress websites but there are a few peculiarities about GoDaddy Hosting and I found many of the guides didn’t provide enough detail. Considera ...
Pageok Error on GoDaddy Hosting
Recently while migrating a WordPress Website to GoDaddy I was presented with a blank page that simply said pageok. I was confounded briefly until I realised that while the domain name I entered was d ...
Speednames Domain Registrar – they charge for Everything
We recently completed a website project for a customer and needed to update the domain’s names servers to use CloudFlare – a fairly standard operation. My lead web developer came back to s ...
The Great Vembu Debacle (AKA Killing a Business with One Decision)
Today I received an email from Vembu telling me that they have changed their minds and decided to continue a product they previous terminated – what can I say? Too Little Too Late Vembu! The His ...
Redirect Old Website Domain to New Domain Keeping Folder Path Structure with Web.Config
Apologies for the obscenely long post title but I wanted to make sure I got all the keywords in that people might search for. Why you may ask? Well because I had a hell of a time getting an answer t ...