There has been a long history of attacks on the DNS ranging from brute-force denial-of-service attacks to targeted attacks requiring specialized software. In July 2008 a new DNS cache-poisoning attack ...

Simple steps can make the difference between losing your online accounts or maintaining what is now a precious commodity: Your privacy. Read now Here's how it works: First, DNS is the internet's ...

When your company’s internet access, VoIP and email all depend on DNS, you have to ensure your DNS server is protected against DNS spoofing attacks. One solution: DNSSEC. Domain Name System (DNS) is ...

A cache poisoning attack occurs when an outside hacker creates a fake message that the DNS will accept, which can trick the server into delivering an incorrect request. The error, affecting numerous ...

“DNS is one of the fundamental and ancient protocols on the Internet that supports many network applications and services. Unfortunately, DNS was designed without security in mind and is subject to a ...

The previously hypothetical DNS cache poisoning bug you've no doubt heard about has made its way into the wild. That isn't all that surprising given that there are no less than three publicly ...

Millions of devices could be vulnerable to Domain Name System (DNS) cache poisoning and remote code execution attacks due to seven security flaws in dnsmasq, DNS forwarding and caching software ...

The short answer is being paranoid about tackling a known vulnerability. It's 2001, and Daniel J. Bernstein (DJB), author of the then popular djbdns security-aware DNS implementation, is applying ...

As much as 38 percent of the Internet’s domain name lookup servers are vulnerable to a new attack that allows hackers to send victims to maliciously spoofed addresses masquerading as legitimate ...