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The past couple of years have changed the landscape in many industries and web hosting is no exception. The massive shift to remote work has increased the need for web hosting resources as businesses started prioritizing their online presence. With physical stores and offices facing restrictions during the pandemic, the Internet has provided an opportunity for businesses to continue operating. Web hosting companies played a central role in enabling them to do so, providing key resources for companies to build websites and e-commerce platforms. Keeping the pace with the increased demand, the industry continues to grow in the post-pandemic period.…

Cybercrime broke new records in 2021 with a 68% increase in the number of reported data breaches and 148% more ransomware attacks compared to 2020. These are just some of the figures that illustrate the severity of the threat and help raise awareness of the problem. Another comprehensive resource for observing the state of cybercrime in the United States is Internet Crime Report 2021 by the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). As a division formed to “provide the American public with a direct outlet to report cybercrime to the FBI”, IC3 has immediate insights into online users’ cybercrime complaints.…

In the previous article we talked about what PTR records, A records, and MX records are. This article will explain how misconfiguration of these DNS records could negatively impact the functionality of your Email Server. Why PTR records are Important for Email Servers Networks or servers may utilize PTR records to help determine whether a connection from a particular IP is wanted. This should be important to Email Server operators, as it could affect the ability to connect, and therefore the ability to send email. Having a PTR record that doesn’t look like unwanted traffic will improve your Email Server’s…

As one of the most common means of communication today, our email inbox is a target to many online advertisers and scammers. From shady offers of lifestyle products to fake notifications of inheritance, our junk folders are filled with dozens of unwanted emails every day. It is estimated that 85% of all email is spam. According to Statista, 88.88 billion out of 105.67 billion of emails sent daily in September 2021 were spam. The total number of emails reached a record high in July, 2021 with 336.41 billion daily email on average. The percent of spam emails was also around…