DNS spoofing/poisoning is the attack discovered by [Dan Kaminski] back in 2008 that simply refuses to go away. This week a vulnerability was announced in the uClibc and uClibc-ng standard libraries, ...

Despite a welcome and needed DNS revamp, preventable abuse continues. The Domain Name System (DNS), known as the phone book for the internet, was recently retuned to improve performance as well as ...

The combination of Domain Name System, Active Directory and the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol is a potential cybersecurity threat, Akamai Technologies Inc. security researcher Ori David warned ...

The shift to zero trust will require agencies to encrypt Domain Name System traffic, but they should also be working to defend against other DNS-related cyberattacks. The Office of Management and ...

Microsoft has finally shipped a comprehensive fix for a critical URI handling vulnerability that exposes Windows users to drive-by malware attacks. The patch, available in the MS07-061 bulletin, ...

The most common type of attack on DNS—the hierarchical distributed naming system which allows names to be attached to IP addresses—is cache poisoning and man-in-the-browser attacks. An attacker can ...

When sending an email, you can write anything you want in the 'From' field, so it's easy to spoof someone else. When someone sends an email spoofing a domain you own, engineer Vivek Gait explains how ...

DNS servers are essential to the normal functioning of the internet as we know and love it, but they tend to go unnoticed by most users. At least, that is, until some sort of attack or incident occurs ...

Apple Inc. took action Friday to address the infamous Domain Name System (DNS) problem. And none too soon. Last week saw a DNS server exploit divert AT&T Internet service users in Austin, Texas. The ...

Introduction IP spoofing is one of the strategies that can be employed in the culmination of diverse types of cyber attacks. The knowledge of what IP spoofing means, how it is done, and how to avoid ...