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How DNS firewalls can burn security teams

It’s easy to see how DNS firewalls could have thwarted 33% of data breaches. For most IT and security teams, DNS has been an afterthought. Or, worse, not even that. The …

network
Is your perimeter inventory leaving you exposed? Why it’s time to switch from IP to DNS

Historically, security teams and tools have used IP addresses to define their targets and scopes. But in a world where applications and networks are increasingly cloud-hosted …

modem router
Consumer routers targeted by DNS hijacking attackers

Owners of a slew of D-Link, ARGtek, DSLink, Secutech, TOTOLINK and Cisco consumer routers are urged to update their device’s firmware, lest they fall prey to ongoing DNS …

Cisco WebEx
2017 Cisco WebEx flaw increasingly leveraged by attackers, phishing campaigns rise

Network attacks targeting a vulnerability in the Cisco Webex Chrome extension have increased dramatically. In fact, they were the second-most common network attack, according …

Akamai report
Fighting credential stuffing attacks is an uphill battle

Hackers directed credential abuse attempts at retail sites more than 10 billion times from May to December last year, making retail the most targeted segment studied, …

DNSSEC
ICANN calls for wholesale DNSSEC deployment

In light of the recent DNS hijacking attacks, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is urging domain owners and DNS services to implement DNSSEC …

DNS
Most Fortune 50 companies unprepared for major DNS attack

ThousandEyes has found that 68 percent of the top 50 companies on the Global Fortune 500 rankings are not adequately prepared for the next major attack on the DNS. …

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Jigsaw releases Intra, an Android app that encrypts DNS queries to thwart online censorship

Alphabet subsidiary and tech incubator Jigsaw, which concentrates on creating solutions for “the toughest geopolitical challenges,” has released Intra, an Android …

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How often are users’ DNS queries intercepted?

A group of Chinese researchers wanted to find out just how widespread DNS interception is and has presented the result of their large-scale study to the audience at the Usenix …

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Preventing IDN homograph attacks from harming your brand/reputation

Phishing is, by and large, the most often used attacker tactic to trick victims into sharing useful information such as login credentials. More often than not, that means …

MyEtherWallet
MyEtherWallet users robbed after successful DNS hijacking attack

Unknown attackers have managed to steal approximately $150,000 in Ethereum from a number of MyEtherWallet (MEW) users, after having successfully redirected them to a phishing …

Cloudflare
Cloudflare launches privacy-protecting DNS service

If you’ve been offline during the weekend you might have missed Cloudflare announcing a new privacy-oriented consumer DNS service, hosted at the following IP addresses: …

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