Security News > 2020 > June > Beware “secure DNS” scam targeting website owners and bloggers
We care about your privacy and the protection of your domains, so we will soon be upgrading them, from basic Domain Name System to Domain Name System Security Extensions.
As you probably know, DNS is short for domain name system, and it's the globally distributed database that turns server names that humans can remember, such as nakedsecurity.
DNSSEC really exists - it's a protocol that adds authentication to DNS data transfers to help stop cybercriminals filling the DNS database with bogus entries and thereby hijacking web traffic.
You've probably heard of DNSSEC, short for domain name system security extensions, because it's been around for more than 20 years.
On the other hand, you've probably never set up DNSSEC or used it directly youself, because it has typically been a feature used by service providers to help to keep their own DNS databases intact when they exchange data with other DNS servers.