Protect Your Site: Shared Logging Attacks on Shared Hosting Explained

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Have you ever felt that your shared hosting is a little too public? I did—when I discovered something strange in my site's logs using an inexpensive shared hosting account. I found that I wasn't simply sharing space—I was sharing logs with others too. So, we need to take safety steps in order to maintain our protection from Shared Logging Attacks.

What Is a Shared Logging Attack?​

Consider this: you as well as your neighbors all are located in the exact same building, and there's only one book where everyone's behavior is documented. Doesn't that seem dangerous?

That is what is done on some shared hosting servers. If the hosting company does not properly configure things, your site's logs can be accessed by other users on the same server. These logs might contain:

• Login pages
• usernames
• Plugins or tools your site is utilizing
• Private URLs or keys

How Do Hackers Utilize This?​

Hackers scan shared logs for:

• Typical login pages are used (such as /wp-login.php)
• Plugin or theme names that contain security vulnerabilities
• Your supposedly secret admin panels

Once they possess this information, they employ tools for automated attacks on your site.

Simple Steps to Keep Safe​

You don't have to be a technical smart. Just you need to do the following things:

• First of all, you have to select a safe hosting provider that isolates users.
• Next step is to install a firewall such as Imunify360 or cPGuard.
• You can also clean up logs on a regular basis.
• Last but not least, you should hide your log and temp folders from everybody else's view.

Secure Your Site Now​

I used to believe my little website was secure. But I discovered that even tiny sites can be hacked if the server is not secure.

So spend a couple of minutes today checking your hosting. Get the right questions from your host. Don't wait until it's too late and discover the hard way that you were an easy target.