Security News

Week in review: Crafty Office 365 phishing, how DNS firewalls can burn security teams
2019-07-28 15:00

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Phishers targeting Office 365 admins have a new trick up their sleeve Phishers targeting Office 365 admins have a new...

Recent DNS Hijacking Campaigns Trigger Government Action
2019-07-22 20:18

US and UK Agencies Respond to Increasing AttacksA recent spate of attacks targeting domain name system protocols and registrars, including several incidents that researchers believe have ties to...

How DNS firewalls can burn security teams
2019-07-22 05:00

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 research, conducted by the...

Extenbro DNS-Changer Used in Adware Campaign
2019-07-16 15:53

A recently observed DNS-changer Trojan is being used in an adware campaign to prevent users from accessing security-related websites, Malwarebytes reveals. read more

'Sea Turtle' DNS Hijackers Expand Reach
2019-07-15 15:18

Cisco Talos Calls Group 'Unusually Brazen'The group behind the Sea Turtle espionage campaign that was exposed in April is expanding its geographic reach and claiming new victims, according to...

Sea Turtle's DNS Hijacking Continues Despite Exposure
2019-07-10 15:55

In April 2019, Cisco Talos researchers reported on an ongoing state-sponsored DNS hijacking campaign that had compromised at least 40 different organizations in 13 countries. They named the...

ISPs call Mozilla ‘Internet Villain’ for promoting DNS privacy
2019-07-08 11:19

ISPA has shortlisted Mozilla for the sort of award that, on the face of it, no tech company should be keen to win - 2019’s Internet Villain.

Google Makes DNS Over HTTPS Generally Available
2019-06-27 14:12

Google this week announced the general availability of its standard DNS over HTTPS (DoH) service, which includes full RFC 8484 support. read more

Google Announces DNS over HTTPS ‘General Availability’
2019-06-26 22:33

Google finalizes its DNS-over-HTTPS service inching toward a world where DNS request are sent via HTTPS and not UDP or TCP.

The Role of DNS in Cybersecurity
2019-06-21 18:18

Stuart Reed of Nominet on Improving VisibilityDNS is cybersecurity's best-kept secret for eliminating threats, says Stuart Reed of Nominet, who explains the value of analyzing traffic.