The crackers attacked Layered Tech’s system through the Cerberus Helpdesk application, according to The Register, which noted that the application has had a number of security vulnerabilities. Last year at this time, hackers used a security hole in the cPanel control panel application to commandeer servers at HostGator.

Netcraft provides security monitoring of dedicated servers as well as web application security testing that can identify outdated software and other common security risks on networks.