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An Important Message from PowerDNN: We are Now Managed.com We built our company on DotNetNuke (DNN). But ever since day one, even our most ardent DNN customers have asked us to do more. Things like database hosting, SharePoint installations, development servers, colocation space, and a variety of other CMS applications. So now, even though we still host more DNN than anyone else, we also host thousands of WordPress sites, along with Drupal, SharePoint, ElcomCMS, and much more. At...

What: Monthly Microsoft Windows Updates Start Time: Monday, August 18, 2014 @ 11:00 PM in the Server's Time Zone End Time: Friday, August 22, 2014 @ 4:00 AM in the Server's Time Zone Duration: Approximately 30 minutes within the maintenance window What is being done? Whenever new Microsoft updates are released, the servers will automatically apply the patches within a patch window of 11:00 PM to 4:00 AM in the server's time zone (based on the server zone you have chosen to be...

In a humbling instance of community-driven purpose, the WordPress.org and Drupal Core Security Teams, respectively, have released joint updates to their platforms that address a security vulnerability that could be exploited in either CMS. Users of either platform are encouraged to update to the most secure version of WordPress / Drupal immediately. As reported by Mashable, “The vulnerability uses a well-known XML Quadratic Blowup Attack — and when executed, it can take down an entire...

The Drupal.org team recently released version 7.30 for the Drupal core platform. Drupal 7.30 is a maintenance update only. This is a maintenance update designed to fix several known bugs. Most importantly, however, this update fixes a “serious regression” that was introduced in the Drupal 7.29 update. Drupal 7.29 was released very quickly in order to address several security vulnerabilities. Unfortunately, the 7.29 release also introduced a major flaw, which “caused[d] files or...

Researchers at security firm Sucuri recently discovered a critical vulnerability in the WordPress plugin MailPoet. The plugin creator has already released a security patch to address the flaw. Anyone using MailPoet should immediately upgrade to secure version 2.6.7. MailPoet (formerly called “wysija-newsletters) is a WordPress plugin designed to create custom newsletters and polished-looking emails within the CMS. With more than 1.7 million downloads, it has definitely found its share...

[This article was updated with a new entry at the end - 2014-07-22] Proactive and working for our customers The registration spam issue in DNN / DotNetNuke is continuing to cause challenges for the DNN community. As our customers know, our team has been on top of the issue from the beginning, and have been actively protecting our customers.

For a quick recap: various vulnerabilities in DNN are allowing vast amounts of fake registration spam email to be generated by automated bots...

Recently, DNN Software released version 7.3 of DNN / DotNetNuke, a considerable update to the CMS which promises increased speed and performance. This update was followed closely by the release of 7.3.1, a maintenance released that addressed several issues in the 7.3 update. At this time, we are recommending DNN / DotNetNuke users stay with version 7.2.2. While the 7.3.x series has many new features and enhancements, there are still a few issues that we feel need to be addressed before...

What: Monthly Microsoft Windows Updates Start Time: Monday, July 14, 2014 @ 11:00 PM in the Server's Time Zone End Time: Friday, July 18, 2014 @ 4:00 AM in the Server's Time Zone Duration: Approximately 30 minutes within the maintenance window What is being done? Whenever new Microsoft updates are released, the servers will automatically apply the patches within a patch window of 11:00 PM to 4:00 AM in the server's time zone (based on the server zone you have chosen to be in)...

As many customers may be aware, there has been an ongoing issue with fake DNN registration spam for users of DotNetNuke. The registration spam issue has been an on-again off-again issue with DotNetNuke, and recently it has cropped up even stronger than before. So much so that the DNN experts at PowerDNN wrote a guide on the subject: “How to Prevent / Stop Registration Spam from Fake Accounts in DNN.” The vast amounts of fake registration spam email being generated by these...

The Drupal.org team recently released version 7.28 for the Drupal core platform. Drupal 7.28 is a maintenance update only. There are no security fixes in this update. It focuses on addressing bug fixes and several small API and feature improvements. Note that the official release statement points to a known issue where changes made to the Update Manager module “may lead to performance slowdowns in certain cases.” This version also rolls in the recent Drupal security updates to...