Security News

Brazilians whacked: Crooks hijack bank's DNS to fleece victims (The Register)
2017-04-05 11:48

DNS records can reveal every web page you visit, says German boffin (The Register)
2017-03-21 04:33

Securing DNS Against Emerging Threats: A Hybrid Approach (SANS Reading Room)
2017-03-16 21:48

DNSMessenger backdoor/RAT uses DNS queries to communicate with C&C server (Help Net Security)
2017-03-06 21:48

How to make sure that your malware will be able to communicate with its C&C servers even if the infected machine sits behind a company firewall and traffic to and from the corporate network is...

New Fileless Attack Using DNS Queries to Carry Out PowerShell Commands (Threatpost)
2017-03-04 13:00

A unique attack called DNSMessenger uses DNS queries to carry out malicious PowerShell commands on compromised computers.

Failing to secure DNS is 'savage ignorance': Geoff Huston (ZDNet)
2017-03-03 05:25

Researchers uncover PowerShell Trojan that uses DNS queries to get its orders (ArsTechnica)
2017-03-02 17:40

Leave Spicer alone! (Or, why DNS registration is horrible) (ArsTechnica)
2017-02-08 18:06

Review: DNS Security (Help Net Security)
2017-01-25 14:33

About the authors Allan Liska is a Consulting Systems Engineer at FireEye, and Geoffrey Stowe is an Engineering Lead at Palantir Technologies. Inside DNS Security: Defending the Domain Name System...

Android Trojan Switcher Infects Routers via DNS Hijacking (Threatpost)
2016-12-28 09:00

A new Android Trojan, Switcher, uses victims' devices to infect WiFi routers and funnel users of the network to malicious sites.