Fibernet Reaches Out to Customers Regarding Shellshock Hack
Orem, UT (PRWEB) September 29, 2014 -- Fibernet Corp., a leading local provider of colocation, dedicated hosting, and managed services, has reached out to customers following a recent report of a hack affecting users of Unix-based operating systems worldwide, dubbed Shellshock.
Lane Livingston, Fibernet CEO, stated, “The Shellshock vulnerability, which was brought to light just this past week, affects the majority of our dedicated hosting and colocation customers, whose systems run Unix-based software. Immediately following the disclosure of the hack, we patched and updated our systems to protect our virtual hosting customers, but we’ve made efforts to inform those customers whose systems we don’t manage of the potential risk, offering our assistance where necessary.”
Shellshock allows hackers to commandeer control of the system’s command line interface, run commands, and install programs without the system owner’s knowledge. It is a potential security threat for any system running Linux, Mac OS, Ubuntu, and other Unix-based operating systems.
Fibernet customers are encouraged to follow this link for more information and for assistance in repairing the potential vulnerabilities in their systems.
About Fibernet
Fibernet’s products range from customizable colocation solutions to an expanding variety of dedicated, managed, virtual, and cloud hosting packages and options. Each service is delivered with the Fibernet promise of reliability and value and backed up 24/7 by Dedicated Experts™, an elite team of geniuses committed to keeping Fibernet’s customers online and ready for business.
Learn more about Fibernet Corp.’s PCI and SOC 1 Type II certified facilities by visiting http://www.fiber.net, where you can chat live with a Dedicated Expert™.
Rebekah Perkins, Fibernet Corp., http://www.fiber.net, +1 800-305-6995 Ext: 2111, [email protected]
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