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Mozilla says ISPs are lying to Congress about encrypted DNS
2019-11-06 12:34

Mozilla on Friday posted a letter urging Congress to take the broadband industry's lobbying against encrypted DNS within Firefox and Chrome with a grain of salt.

Chrome devs tell world that DNS over HTTPS won't open the floodgates of hell
2019-10-29 18:02

Well, their version of it won't, they claim Chrome devs have had a little rant about "misinformation", repeating that DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) won't yet be introduced by default in upcoming builds of...

DoH! Mozilla assures UK minister that DNS-over-HTTPS won't be default in Firefox for Britons
2019-09-24 18:39

As Reg readers will know, you'll have to click a few buttons first Firebox builder Mozilla has confirmed to UK Culture Secretary Nicky Morgan that Britons won't be getting DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) by...

Flaw Gives Hackers Remote Access to Files Stored on D-Link DNS-320 Devices
2019-09-23 12:32

D-Link DNS-320 ShareCenter network-attached storage (NAS) devices are affected by a critical vulnerability that can be exploited remotely to take complete control of a device and access the files...

DNSSEC fueling new wave of DNS amplification attacks
2019-09-18 05:30

DNS amplification attacks swelled in the second quarter of this year, with the amplified attacks spiking more than 1,000% compared with Q2 2018, according to Nexusguard. Researchers attributed...

DNS amplification attacks increase by 1,000% since 2018
2019-09-17 17:43

Researchers said a new defense system is fueling a wave of DNS amplification attacks.

Google experiments with DNS-over-HTTP in Chrome
2019-09-12 10:24

Following hot on Mozilla's trail, Google officially announced its own DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) experiment in Chrome this week.

DNS-over-HTTPS Coming to Chrome 78
2019-09-11 17:03

In an attempt to improve the privacy and security of its users, Google is getting ready to bring DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) to the Chrome browser. read more

How to enable DNS-over-HTTPS in Firefox
2019-09-11 14:52

If you're looking to gain as much privacy and security from the Firefox browser, you might want to enable DNS-over-HTTPS.