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Setting up a server is no longer a specialized task reserved for large IT departments. Between affordable virtual private servers, one-click cloud hosting, and an abundance of online documentation, someone with relatively little experience can spin up a server and start hosting websites within an hour. That accessibility is a genuine win for small businesses and independent developers — but it also means a lot of servers go online managed by people who haven't yet built up a strong sense of what's actually trying to attack them. Security threats facing servers haven't gotten simpler since the mid-2010s — if anything, the range of attack types has grown, and attackers have gotten better resourced and more automated. Below are twelve threat categories every network or server administrator, from beginner to experienced, should understand. 1. Brute Force Attacks In a brute force attack, an intruder attempts to gain access to a server by systematically guessing a valid passwo...

A good web developer's toolkit doesn't need to cost anything anymore. Between free-forever code editors, generous free tiers on hosting and testing platforms, and a genuinely useful new category — free AI coding assistants — it's entirely possible to go from writing your first line of code to shipping a production site without spending a dollar on software. Here's a rundown of the tools worth having, organized by where they fit in your workflow. Code Editors Visual Studio Code remains the default choice for most developers, and for good reason — it's completely free, runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux, and its extension ecosystem (over 50,000 extensions) covers essentially every language and workflow you'd need. Built-in Git integration and a huge plugin library mean it rarely needs to be supplemented with much else. Cursor is a newer entrant built as a fork of VS Code, redesigned around AI-assisted coding from the ground up. Its multi-file editing mode and ...