An ICANN accredited domain registrar,

Lime Labs today announced the launch of its new hosting and domain registration service, LimeDomains. An ICANN accredited domain registrar, LimeDomains offers a wide range of hosting solutions, ranging from completely free full-featured websites, to competitively priced premium hosting plans that include more space, bandwidth and the ability to manage several domains and websites from a single account. “LimeDomains makes it easy for people to get powerful websites running quickly and easily,” said Mark Gorton, Founder of LimeLabs. “LimeDomains offers free hosting and free application installation, and we are finding that many people appreciate the great value we are offering.”All LimeDomains accounts come with access to an extensive catalog of open source web applications ranging from popular blogs such as Wordpress, to full-featured content management systems such as Drupal and Joomla. Users can also upload their own files or transfer their existing websites – such as their Geocities pages – to LimeDomains via a built-in file manager, or any popular FTP client. Most popular web design applications, such as Adobe Dreamweaver, are also supported.Unlike other free hosting services, there are no strings attached to the free hosting offer on LimeDomains. Users do not have to sign-up for any third party services, or submit themselves to a barrage of solicitations place mandatory ads on their website. Most importantly, the free accounts are not crippled in any way and receive the same quality of service, performance and reliability that most other hosting services charge a premium for. “We’re excited to be first to market with a credible, full-featured free website solution,” said John Enright, VP Marketing & Business Development at LimeLabs. “Our feature set and customer experience is already well ahead of any other hosting service free or otherwise and this is just the beginning.”About Lime Labs, LLC.Lime Labs is an innovative web services company focused on facilitating the exchange of ideas and information through technology. Its portfolio of services includes LimeExchange, a global services marketplace; LimeDomains, a web hosting and domain registration service; and LimeBits, an open source code sharing community.Social media sites are online communities of users that come together to discuss topics, post pictures, communicate with friends and become fans of products, services, bands, television shows and just about anything you can fathom. When it comes to social media sites there is a fine line between this powerful technology, the audience and the author. Some of the more popular social media sites are Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Linkedin and Friendster. Miva Merchant storeowners can use these sites to their advantage by advertising their business and socially connecting with people from all over the world. As a Miva Merchant 5.5 storeowner, it is in your best interest to explore these sites and create profiles and fan pages. You can then easily connect with those that are interested in what you have to offer.You can create fan pages for your stores on Facebook and people can then become fans of your business or even a topic related to your business (For example, if you sell diamond rings you might start a fan page like “The Ultimate Guide to Getting Engaged”). Once a person is your fan, they will see any updates, promotional deals, events or anything you post to your profile. This is an excellent way to build relationships, network with possible customers and other businesses and ultimately drive traffic to your site.Twitter is a fast growing micro-blogging site that has recently been taking the social media world by storm. With Twitter there are even separate applications such as Twitzu, which will help manage promotions and Twibs that works as a directory of businesses and their current promotions to aid the online shopper.Groups are common to mostly all social networking sites. If you join groups that are related to your business then you can easily reach your target demographic.WebNet Hosting is a reliable Miva Host that provides solutions for e-commerce storeowners. Contact us for dependable Miva Hosting solutions. Visit WebNet Hosting on Facebook.

A web hosting control panel ,

A web hosting control panel is an online interface provided by the hosting company for the configuration, maintenance and monitoring of a website. Web hosting control panels usually include these modules:- Web site visitor statistics- Available and consumed web space and transfer (bandwidth).- Creation and configuration of databases, ftp accounts, email accounts, subdomains, domains, etc.- Access control for (parts of) the web site- Dozens of other modules depending of control panel usedPopular control panels are:- CPanel: Probably the most popular web hosting control panel. Many features, can be overwhelming.- Plesk: Similar to CPanel, almost as popular.- DirectAdmin: Less features as the two mentioned before, but also popular, and might be easier to maintain for a beginner.- Webmin: Free alternative, suited for maintaining a server with a single web hosting client.Using the command line instead of a control panel:- A web server (and - if a shell account is available - a web hosting account) can be configured and maintained without the use of a control panel. But even experienced webmasters will often prefer to use a control panel because it makes the day-to-day tasks of running a web site easier. No need to remember every single command. Using the command line for certain tasks is still possible even if a control panel is installed and running.Which control panel to choose:- I personally use webmin because I usually run servers rather than web hosting accounts. If I were to use a web hosting account my choice would be CPanel or DirectAdmin. CPanel because it is the most popular and there is a feature for almost every task. DirectAdmin because it is smaller and neater and also quite popular. I mention “popular” so often because I like to learn software only if it is sure to stay around. Also, if you use a “popular” control panel you are sure to easily find another host with the same panel when you’re changing your hosting provider which is something you’re going to do sooner or later. Finally, “popular” control panels are popular for a reason, many web hosting customers have voted with their feet. If you’re going to build your own web hosting company, CPanel would probably be the right choice. It will be easier to sell the company later on.

A Cape Clear Software

A Cape Clear Software, a leading provider of Web Services technology, is this week announcing the full availability of the latest releases of its Web Services products, CapeConnect(TM) and CapeStudio(TM). These latest versions add extensive functionality to the product range with wider platform support, enhanced development tools, and full UDDI functionality.CapeConnect Three, a Web Services platform, introduces tools for building Web Services that communicate via e-mail, a UDDI registry, and improved ease-of-use in deploying Web Services. CapeConnect Three also supports Web Services built on diverse platforms, including leading application servers, Microsoft .NET, and CORBA(R).CapeConnect Three is supported by an upgraded version of CapeStudio, the rapid Web Services development tool, which is also being released today. It includes an enhanced UDDI Browser, support for CORBA, improved support for CapeConnect security services, and a tighter integration with Microsoft .NET."CapeConnect provides a simple solution to the problem of integratingMicrosoft and Java technologies," said Andy Grove, CapeConnect Product Manager at Cape Clear Software. "By exposing Java and CORBA systems as Web Services, they can easily be accessed from .NET clients. Cape Clear's products also enable Java clients to access .NET servers. This integration method is designed to work across corporate firewalls, making it an ideal solution for linking ASP-based web sites to Java-based enterprise systems.""The first phase of Web Services, the hype phase, is over and the second phase has already begun with Web Services as the new design center and customers building real-world applications," commented Annrai O'Toole, Executive Chairman at Cape Clear Software. "We are working closely with end-users today and providing the functionality they need to maximize the benefits of Web Services. CapeConnect Three further improves the ease with which Web Services are created and with the inclusion of a UDDI registry provides a fast and easy means for companies to manage their Web Services inside an organization or across the Internet.""Web Services have the potential to solve many of the problems that have faced software developers and business managers when executing on strategiesto make best use of new and existing IT resources and systems," said Tyler McDaniel, Director of Application Strategies, Hurwitz Group. "As the Web Services hype dissolves into the reality of building Web Services, a new set of tools and technologies is required to support the creation and deployment of Web Services. Cape Clear is one of the vendors delivering these tools and CapeConnect Three builds on previous releases of the platform to add enhanced functionality such as UDDI and easier-to-use deployment tools, which will aid developers in the creation of Web Services.""CapeConnect provides a cost-effective solution to the challenge of integrating our Microsoft COM-based Web site with our Java-based customer management system, allowing customers to place real-time orders for British Sky Broadcasting installations through our Web site," said Carl Roff, Application Development Manager at British Sky Broadcasting. "We're looking forward to the enhancements in CapeConnect Three.""Cape Clear is a leader in the delivery of Web Services technology," commented George Weihs, CTO of Primordial. "CapeConnect Three further extends the rich functionality of Cape Clear's Web Services platform with important new features such as the UDDI registry and extended support for IT platforms. We look forward to using CapeConnect Three as we work with our customers to plan and implement Web Services strategies and applications.""In a recent project we worked with a client to integrate their AS/400 manufacturing system with their Windows-based financial system," commented Romin Irani, Solutions Architect at InSync Information Systems, Inc. "We found the most effective means of integration was using Web Services and CapeStudio was excellent in reducing the development time involved in creating and deploying the Web Services. We are looking forward to the enhancements in the latest release of CapeStudio.""As developers ourselves, we see a significant advantage to building a diverse back-end system with CapeConnect Three's full CORBA support," according to Frank Cohen, Founder of PushToTest Company in California. "This latest release of CapeConnect further enriches the functionality available to build and deploy Web Services and we will support this functionality with our Load product immediately.The OMG's Model Driven Architecture is designed to future-proof existing and new software applications," according to Richard Soley, Chief Executive Officer at the Object Management Group. "We believe that CORBA support for new technologies is essential to its continued prominence as a cross-platform solution for building and integrating mission critical back-end systems. We welcome Cape Clear's support for CORBA in this latest release of CapeConnect and believe it highlights how Web Services will work closely with in software development projects.

The new office facilities ,

The new office facilities will give us great scope for growth as we expand as a business and develop new products. Our Sheffield based hosting infrastructure will remain in our data facility located within The Workstation so it’s important for us to stay within close proximity and The Cube is the ideal location with modern facilities and an excellent communication infrastructure." said Gavin Kimpton, Director of Pipe Ten. For any correspondance including payments that are sent via post please make sure you use the new address: Pipe Ten, The Cube, 1 Brittain St, Sheffield, Ten has revamped its managed server offerings and introduced a new range of affordable and innovative integrated dedicated servers.Servers now start from just £40 per month and come in a wide range of specifications. Using the latest technologies they support instant scalability so that the customer’s server hardware and costs can easily scale with growth and usage.Pipe Ten’s Technical Director, Carl Heaton said, “We receive daily enquiries from customers whose websites and applications have outgrown their existing shared hosting or require a level of support, resources and configuration which couldn’t be offered in a shared hosting environment. Our integrated server offering really helps to bridge the cost and knowledge gap between shared and dedicated hosting.”.Pipe Ten’s offering is particularly unique in the hosting marketplace. Using Parallels H-Sphere software along with their own clustered server infrastructure allows customers web and database services to receive guaranteed resources whilst separating out other services onto specifically optimised containers. This clustered approach provides much greater reliability, scalability and performance over traditional ’single server’ hosting setups. The servers are all housed in Pipe Ten’s premium data facility with fully N+1 hardware and power using the very latest high performance Dell Servers.Pipe Ten have announced that they have partnered with R1Soft and now offer free backups on all their shared hosting plans.Pipe Ten’s Technical Director, Carl Heaton said, “Data Security is obviously a key issue for all businesses these days. The implementation of R1Soft's Near Continuous Data Protection solution is a great move for us as it allows us to have the flexibility of being able to quickly restore individual files for customers as well as having a current and complete image backup of the servers for disaster recovery purposes. We've seen a sizable reduction in backup load and completion time which has enabled us to increase frequency without impacting customers performance”.R1Soft's Near Continuous Data Protection solution boasts a full server imaging service using a combination of full OS disk imaging and incremental data imaging and will even backup open and locked files. It allows the fast restoration of data both on a per file or per database level through to a full bare-metal disk/server restore.

A suspected gas leak at an Australian farm,

A suspected gas leak at an Australian farm, which led to 15 firemen in two fire engines to rush to the scene, turned out to be the work of a flatulent pig.The farmer in Axedale, a town in Victoria in the south-east of the country, called the emergency services after believing he had smelled gas.But when the fire crews arrived, they found the real culprit – a 260lb sow the family's children kept as a pet.Fire captain Peter Harkins said: "When we got there, as we drove up the driveway, there was this huge sow, about a 120-odd kilo (265-pound) sow, and it was very obvious where the gas was coming from.“We could not only smell it, but we heard it and it was quite funny."He added: "She got very excited when two trucks and 15 firies turned up and she squealed and farted and squealed and farted."I haven't heard too many pigs fart but I would describe it as very full-on."However, despite the false alarm, Mr Harkins said the farmer had done the right thing by calling 000 (the Australian equivalent of 999). He told The Melbourne Herald Sun: "It's all bottled gas up here and a leaking cylinder could pose a major fire risk."It was because we took it so seriously that 15 volunteers still managed to attend the call out at 10.30 on Tuesday night.

The CDP Water Disclosure,

This report details the rationale for the Carbon Disclosure Project's new program, the CDP Water Disclosure, a new initiative that will help institutional investors better understand the business risks and opportunities associated with water scarcity and other water-related issues by increasing the availability of high quality business information on this critical issue.CDP Water Disclosure will provide a system for businesses to report their use of water and their exposure to changing patterns of water availability. Companies face risks such as lack of water impacting agricultural and manufacturing processes and the threat of regulation increasing prices and limiting the volume of water available to them. It is a vital tool for investors and businesses to be able to evaluate companies’ ability to operate successfully in a water-constrained world.The United Nations forecasts that by 2030 almost half of the world population will live in areas facing water stress or water scarcity. Less than 1 percent of the world’s water is easily accessible fresh water and the effects of climate change, increasing population, urbanisation, per capita demand, and pollution damage to supplies will put even greater pressure on these limited resources.CDP, an independent not-for-profit organisation, has gathered primary corporate climate change information from thousands of businesses around the world so that it can be incorporated into business and policy decision making. With the launch of CDP Water Disclosure it is using the same established system in order to tackle the increasingly vital issue of water scarcity.

The world's top golfer Tiger Woods,

The world's top golfer Tiger Woods has been treated in hospital after being hurt in a car accident outside his home in FloridaThe superstar crashed his 2009 Cadillac sport utility vehicle in Isleworth near Orlando in the early hours.It happened after he pulled out of his driveway at 2:25am , authorities said.The Florida Highway Patrol said Woods started driving along the road when his car struck a fire hydrant and then hit a tree.A local police chief said Woods' wife used a golf club to smash out the back window and help get the world's No 1 golfer out of the vehicle.Daniel Saylor said officers found the 33-year-old PGA star lying in the street with his wife, Elin, hovering over him.She told officers she was in the house when she heard the accident and "came out and broke the back window with a golf club."Woods had lacerations to his upper and lower lips, and he had blood in his mouth, Saylor saidWoods was taken to Health Central Hospital in Ocoee following the incident.Early reports said the star had been seriously injured in the crash.But later it emerged he had only suffered cuts to his face and was released from hospital after treatment.A joint statement from the hospital and Woods' office said: "He was admitted, treated and released in good condition" after being in a "minor" car crash.The highway patrol said the crash was still under investigation, and charges were pending. But it added that the crash was not alcohol-related.The airbags in the car did not deploy during the accident because he was travelling so slowly, police said.Airbags typically do not open if a vehicle is travelling at less than 33mph.Woods, who is married with two children, is is one of the world's richest sportsmen and by far the biggest draw on the PGA tour.He made a triumphant comeback on the tour this year after missing much of the 2008 season following reconstructive knee surgery.He was operated on shortly after clinching his 14th major title, the 2008 US Open.He did not win a major title this year but had a successful year capped by winning the season-long FedEx Cup.Woods' website said he is due to start the campaign for his fifth Chevron World Challenge title on Tuesday.The tournament's host, he won the event in 2001, 2004, 2006 and 2007 but missed last year's competition while recovering from his knee op.

The launch of Wikipedia,

The launch of Wikipedia, emergence of the iPhone and the election of U.S. President Barack Obama were among the 10 most influential moments on the Internet in the past decade, according to the annual Webby awards.Other events singled out by the New York-based International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, which has presented the annual Webby awards since 1996, were the Iranian election in 2009 when protests demonstrated the power of Twitter and other social network in reshaping democracy."The Internet is the story of the decade because it was the catalyst for change in not just every aspect of our everyday lives, but in everything from commerce and communication to politics and pop culture," said David-Michel Davies, the executive director of The Webby Awards, in a statement."The recurring theme among all of the milestones on our list is the Internet's capacity to circumvent old systems and put more power into the hands of ordinary people."Here is the Webby's list of the 10 most influential Internet moments of the decade:Craigslist, the free classifieds site, expands outside San Francisco in 2000, impacting newspaper publishers everywhereGoogle AdWords launched in 2000 allowing advertisers to target their customers with laser-sharp precisionWikipedia, the free open-source encyclopaedia, launches in 2001 and today boasts more than 14 million articles in 271 different languages and bringing strangers together on projectsNapster shutdown in 2001, opening the file-sharing floodgatesGoogle's IPO in 2004 put the search engine on the path to powering countless aspects of our everyday livesOnline video revolution in 2006 that led to a boom in homemade and professional content on the Internet and helped reshape everything from pop culture to politicsFacebook opens to non-college students and Twitter takes off in 2006The iPhone debuts in 2007 and smartphones go from a luxury item to a necessity with an app for just about every aspect of modern lifeU.S. presidential campaign in 2008 in which the Internet changed every facet of the way campaigns are runIranian election protests in 2009 when Twitter provedvital in organising demonstrations and as a protest too.

Rainbow and Black Sabbath,

Rock legend Ronnie James Dio has been diagnosed with the early stages of stomach cancer, according to a statement posted on his official site by his wife Wendy Dio.It was announced last week that the singer, who’s fronted classic hard rock bands, Rainbow and Black Sabbath, as well as his solo band Dio, had canceled his European tour after he was hospitalized.According to the singer’s wife, who is also his longtime manager, Dio will be starting treatment immediately at the Mayo Clinic.See below for the official statement regarding Dio’s health.
Very early this morning, we posted the Black Friday DVD & TV deals over at Amazon today, which includes “lightning” deals all day today (meaning, drastically reduced prices for a limited time only selling out very quickly, so jump on these sales while you can.There’s also lightning deals on Video Games, which include Assassin’s Creed for Xbox 360 and Fallout 3 for Xbox 360 and PS3. Check the page for upcoming deals and times for when they’ll be available.Some all-day sales in video games include Video Game Gold Box deal of the day, a Sony PlayStation 3, a 120 GB “Black Friday Bundle” with Infamous and Killzone 2 (Includes a $10 Amazon.com Promotional Credit on Black Friday) for only $299.99. Also, today ONLY, if you buy a Nintendo Wii along with New Super Mario Bros. Wii, you’ll get Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games for free. See full details HERE.Here are some more video games sales happening today only (all qualify for $10 off if you pay with a Discover Card)For PS3 Gold Box deal, order the PS3 120 GB Bundle with Infamous and Killzone 2 and get $10 off a future purchase at Amazon.com, which will be credited to your account within two business days after product ships. Promotion only valid for orders placed between 12:01 AM and 11:59 PM, Pacific time, November 27, 2009 and is limit to one per household. Also, if you’ll get $10 off when you pay with your Discover Card.

The Palm Islands in the Persian Gulf,

The news that the sovereign wealth fund of Dubai requested a postponement of billions of dollars of debt this week could pose a big problem for U.S. banks.The state-run investment company, Dubai World, owes about $60 billion. It rang up much of that in a building boom that included the world's tallest skyscraper and the Palm Islands in the Persian Gulf, settlements shaped like palm trees.According to CMA DataVision, which tracks credit markets, there's a 35.82% probability that Dubai will default on that debt.New York-based Citigroup (C, Fortune 500) has the most exposure to default risk at Dubai World, which a J.P. Morgan (JPM, Fortune 500) equity research note estimated at $1.9 billion. Citigroup declined to comment.While other major banks in the United States are believed to have little direct exposure, the ripple effect could be more crippling, according to Richard Bove, a bank analyst with Rochdale Securities.There could be huge indirect exposure," he said. "One has to assume that U.S. banks will be hurt."J.P. Morgan declined to comment, while Goldman Sachs (GS, Fortune 500) and Bank of America (BAC, Fortune 500) were unavailable for immediate comment. Morgan Stanley (MS, Fortune 500) said a Dubai World default "would have have no material impact on its earnings."Bove said the underlying problem is that there is a lot of uncertainty floating around. For example, there's little information available about counterparty derivatives, guarantees that transfer default risk from lenders to other financial institutions. And it's unknown how much of Dubai World's debt guarantee is held by U.S. banks.And while UK banks, such as Standard Chartered, HSBC (HBC), Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Barclays (BCS) are much more exposed to Dubai World, with a total of more than $30 billion in default risk according to J.P. Morgan's note, U.S. banks have extensive dealings with UK institutions. Those include trading and guaranteeing debt, which could translate into losses for U.S. banks.There's also U.S. banks' interactions with their German counterparts. Dubai has loaned a lot of money to Eastern European nations, as has Germany. Any losses from defaults there could expose U.S. banks to some risk.Finally, there's the impact of already reeling commercial real estate markets worldwide."Dubai may have to unload some very prestigious properties at distressed prices, and this will drive the price of all commercial real estate lower," said Bove. "That would clearly be a problem for American banks."Bove also posited that the problems at Dubai World could add weight to the growing sentiment that is already strong in the U.S. Congress about beefing up regulation."Congress is demanding that anyone connected to the U.S. financial system has to be regulated," he said.Rattling bank stocksBank stocks are particularly vulnerable to a market turndown triggered by the Dubai crisis, said Peter Sorrentino, senior portfolio manager at Huntington Asset Advisors. He said the run-up this year has led to an overvalued stock market."We had been looking for something to trigger a correction," he said. "This could be that catalyst."It would add to a market already made volatile, especially with the approach of the end of the tax season for mutual funds, which has put a lot of money in motion. The impact could fall heaviest on the financial sector.Sorrentino added that the risk of default will put a damper on all commercial credit markets. Institutions may have to set aside more reserve funds to cover default risk, leaving less cash to lend out, and, in general, take a more cautious underwriting approach.

The latest in the Data Breach Investigations Report series

The latest in the Data Breach Investigations Report series by Verizon Business security experts provides enterprises with an unprecedented look at the 15 most common security attacks and how they typically unfold.In the "2009 Supplemental Data Breach Investigations Report: An Anatomy of a Data Breach," Verizon Business security experts tap the company's detailed investigative records to identify, rank and profile the most common attacks. For each type of attack, the report provides real-world scenarios, the warning signs, how the attack is orchestrated, how attackers got in, what information they took, what assets the attackers targeted, what industries are commonly affected, and what countermeasures are effective. In total, the report details nearly 150 ways to detect and combat security threats.This latest installment in Verizon's data breach study series is based on the "2009 Verizon Business Data Breach Investigations Report," issued in April. That landmark study analyzed more than 90 forensic investigations involving 285 million compromised records.This supplemental report seeks to address the thousands of inquiries we've received from companies around the world wanting a more detailed explanation of attacks, as well as requests for additional recommendations for deterring, preventing and detecting breaches," said Dr. Peter Tippett, vice president of technology and innovation, Verizon Business. "This follow-up analysis is aimed at helping organizations better safeguard their organizations by understanding the anatomy of a data breach and how cybercriminals workThe 2009 Verizon Business Supplemental Data Breach Report identified and ranked by frequency the following top 15 types of attacks:1. Keylogging and spyware: Malware specifically designed to covertlycollect, monitor and log the actions of a system user.2. Backdoor or command/control: Tools that provide remote access to orcontrol of infected systems, or both, and are designed to run covertly.3. SQL injection: An attack technique used to exploit how Web pagescommunicate with back-end databases.4. Abuse of system access/privileges: Deliberate and malicious abuse ofresources, access or privileges granted to an individual by anorganization.5. Unauthorized access via default credentials: Instances in which anattacker gains access to a system or device protected by standard preset(widely known) user names and passwords.6. Violation of acceptable use and other policies: Accidental or purposefuldisregard of acceptable use policies.7. Unauthorized access via weak or misconfigured access control lists When ACLs are weak or misconfigured, attackers can accessresources and perform actions not intended by the victim.Verizon Business, a unit of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), is a global leader in communications and IT solutions. We combine professional expertise with one of the world's most connected IP networks to deliver award-winning communications, IT, information security and network solutions. We securely connect today's extended enterprises of widespread and mobile customers, partners, suppliers and employees - enabling them to increase productivity and efficiency and help preserve the environment. Many of the world's largest businesses and governments - including 96 percent of the Fortune 1000 and thousands of government agencies and educational institutions - rely on our professional and managed services and network technologies to accelerate their business. Find out more URMINIRM55.BLOGSPOT.COM.VERIZON'S ONLINE NEWS CENTER: Verizon news releases, executive speeches and biographies, media contacts, high-quality video and images, and other information are available at Verizon's News Center on the World Wide Web at www.verizon.com/news. To receive news releases by e-mail, visit the News Center and register for customized automatic delivery of Verizon news releases.

The customer protection company for online businesses

The customer protection company for online businesses, Trusteer, today issued a security advisory that warns the customers of website hosting companies, including yahoo.com, against a new phishing attack aimed at stealing their content management system log-in credentials. The e-mails discovered by Trusteer appear to be from Yahoo.com (and other website hosting firms) and ask website owners to confirm their cPanel/FTP account information. Using this information, criminals are uploading look-a-like bank website pages to steal funds.cPanel is a very popular CMS (Content Management System), used by many leading hosting providers, including Yahoo. It is used to perform website operations, including FTP account control and setup, which can be used to upload content to the cPanel-managed web site. Over the past few days, Trusteer’s security monitoring service has detected a phishing email campaign targeting owners of cPanel-based sites at various hosting providers. The attack is designed to harvest the FTP credentials of site owners, using cPanel-oriented messaging.The ability to upload arbitrary content into relatively small and less popular sites may seem un-interesting fraud-wise,” said Amit Klein CTO of Trusteer and head of the company’s research organization. “However, evidence we have collected over the past few months connects cPanel-driven sites to online banking fraud. By stealing cPanel login credentials, criminals do not need to use hacking tools to upload content to a website, and therefore can avoid detection until after they have siphoned funds from consumer and business banking accounts.”About RapportRapport from Trusteer is a lightweight browser plug-in plus security service that acts like a vault inside the browser and prevents redirection of user information to fraudulent websites. It protects personally identifiable information (PII) and Web pages from unauthorized access and theft while users are accessing sensitive Web sites. Trusteer also offers in-the-cloud reporting services where unauthorized access attempts detected by Rapport are analyzed by fraud experts who provide actionable intelligence to financial institutions.About TrusteerTrusteer enables online businesses to secure communications with their customers over the Internet and protect PII from a user’s keyboard into the company’s Web site. Trusteer’s flagship product, Rapport, allows online banks, brokerages, healthcare providers, and retailers to protect their customers from identity theft and financial fraud. For more information visit

Miva Merchant’s online shopping

Miva Merchant’s online shopping cart software has some exciting new features and upgrades upcoming soon!
The new wombat for Miva Merchant 5.5 is now in Beta Testing
A new partnership with AccurateTax has been created in order to aid store owners with tax calculations.
The exciting new features included in the Wombat and the AccurateTax partnership are designed to help online merchants that utilize Miva Merchant Web Hosting take their business to the next level by increasing functionality and saving time and hassle.
Anyone with a fully up to date Miva Merchant 5.5 store can test the new Wombat beta and make suggestions to the Miva team on how to better these new components. Since the Wombat is only in the beta stages, Miva does recommend that you initially install and test the Wombat on a developmental copy of your store to make sure everything runs and functions properly. You can simply install the Wombat from the Streaming Update menu in your global settings.
Key features included in the Wombat beta are:
Order Management with Advanced Credit Card Features
Label Printing For UPS, USPS (Fed Ex will be included in the final version)
Address Line 2 for Billing, Shipping and Databases
Order Status and History Fields
Remember that the features included in this Wombat will be available as a streaming update with the production release (after the beta and developmental process). You do not have to be involved in the beta testing and pre-development stages in order to enjoy the new features – you simply need to wait until the wombat is released as an official update to your store.
In addition to the Wombat beta release, there is some more exciting news in the Miva Host world! As a result of the often complicated and confusing sales tax rules that face online merchants, Miva Merchant has joined forces with AccurateTax – a leading provider of sales tax software. The goal of this partnership is to make tax computations within the shopping cart. This tax plug-in ensures that stores are calculating the correct taxes for the right state(s) and are up to date with the ever-changing rules and laws concerning the calculation of sales tax. Furthermore, online storeowners need not worry that this module will slow down their sites because most of the work is completed on AccurateTax’s servers.
For more details and instructions regarding the Wombat and AccurateTax, please visit the Miva Merchant forums.