Electromagnetic Field 2022

As people enjoyed the 4 day Jubilee UK Bank holiday with street parties, parades and union jack bunting, Dogsbody Technology staff spent the weekend in a field at Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire for Electromagnetic Field 2022 (EMF Camp). The event is every 2 years and Dogsbody are no stranger to it having attended three previous EMF’s… […]

PHP 7.4 EOL

PHP 7.4 will go end of life on 28 November 2022

PHP 7.4 goes end of life (EOL) on the 28 November 2022 meaning known security flaws will no longer be fixed and sites are exposed to significant security vulnerabilities. It is important to update them to a newer version. We would recommend updating to either: 8.0 supported until 26 November 2023 8.1 supported until 25 […]

Welcome Awab, our new Linux Systems Engineer

Dogsbody are happy to announce the addition of Awab, our new Linux Systems Engineer. Having successfully accomplished a degree on Biological Sciences (he is a Co-author of an abstract published to an issue of Allergy Journal, in relation to his 3rd year dissertation) he immediately started his career in technology. Keen to learn more about […]

Debian 9 “Stretch” goes End of Life (EOL) June 2022

On the 30 June 2022, Debian 9 “Stretch” goes End of Life (EOL). We recommend you upgrade to Debian 11 “Bullseye” (skipping Debian 10 if possible) which is supported until June 2026. After this date there will be no security updates released for Debian 9 and servers will not be patched for any new vulnerabilities […]

Staff pick our charity giving 2021

Every year, around Christmas time, Dogsbody Technology gives back. This year we let each member of staff pick a charity for Dogsbody to donate too. Each one has received a percentage of our profits. Here is what they selected… We hope you agree these are all wonderful charities to support. WISHING EVERYONE A HAPPY CHRISTMAS, […]

CVE-2021-44228 – Log4j2 vulnerability

This weekend, a very serious vulnerability in the popular Java-based logging package Log4j was disclosed. This vulnerability allows an attacker to execute code on a remote server; a so-called Remote Code Execution (RCE). Because of the widespread use of Java and Log4j, as well as the relative ease with which the vulnerability can be exploited, […]