Security News

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.

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.