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![New Point-of-Sale Malware Steals Credit Card Data via DNS Queries](/static/build/img/news/alt/malware-statistics-2-scaled-small.jpg)
Cybercriminals are becoming more adept, innovative, and stealthy with each passing day. They are now adopting more clandestine techniques that come with limitless attack vectors and are harder to...
![DNS Servers Crash Due to BIND Security Flaw](/static/build/img/news/alt/antivirus-stats-small.jpg)
Updates released by the Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) for BIND patch a remotely exploitable security flaw that has caused some DNS servers to crash. read more
!['MaMi' Mac Malware Hijacks DNS Settings](/static/build/img/news/alt/malware-statistics-2-scaled-small.jpg)
Researcher Patrick Wardle has analyzed what seems to be a new piece of malware designed to hijack DNS settings on macOS devices. The threat has other capabilities as well, but they do not appear...
![Warning: New Undetectable DNS Hijacking Malware Targeting Apple macOS Users](/static/build/img/news/alt/malware-statistics-2-scaled-small.jpg)
A security researcher has revealed details of a new piece of undetectable malware targeting Apple's Mac computers—reportedly first macOS malware of 2018. Dubbed OSX/MaMi, an unsigned Mach-O 64-bit...
![Group Launches Secure DNS Service Powered by IBM Threat Intelligence](/static/build/img/news/alt/cyberattack-statistics-1-small.jpg)
A newly announced free Domain Name System (DNS) service promises automated immunity from known Internet threats by blocking access to websites flagged as malicious. read more
![Free security tool protects Internet users through DNS](/static/build/img/news/alt/cybercrime-statistics-small.jpg)
IBM Security, Packet Clearing House (PCH) and The Global Cyber Alliance (GCA) launched a free service designed to give consumers and businesses added privacy and security protection as they access...
![Hacker Hijacks CoinHive's DNS to Mine Cryptocurrency Using Thousands of Websites](/static/build/img/news/alt/cyberthreat-stats-small.jpg)
When yesterday I was reporting about the sudden outbreak of another global ransomware attack 'Bad Rabbit,' I thought what could be worse than this? Then late last night I got my answer with a...
![Android getting "DNS over TLS" to prevent ISPs from knowing what websites you visit](/static/build/img/news/alt/cyber-threat-stats-small.jpg)
No doubt your Internet Service Provides (ISPs), or network-level hackers cannot spy on https communications. But do you know — ISPs can still see all of your DNS requests, allowing them to know...
![Akamai to Acquire DNS Security Firm Nominum](/static/build/img/news/alt/Data-Cybersecurity-Predictions-small.jpg)
Akamai Technologies announced on Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire Nominum, a privately-held provider of DNS security solutions for carriers and enterprises. read more
![Hackers Can Execute Code on Windows via DNS Responses](/static/build/img/news/alt/cyberattack-stats-small.jpg)
One of the 62 vulnerabilities patched by Microsoft with the October security updates is a critical Windows flaw that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on a targeted machine via...