Security News

Attack Against DNS Root Servers (Schneier on Security)
2015-12-15 06:19

Has anyone been following the attack against the DNS root servers two weeks ago? Details. I can't precisely explain why, but this feels like someone testing an attack capability. For defense: it's...

Internet Root Name Servers Survive Unusual DDoS Attack (Threatpost)
2015-12-09 18:50

An unusual DDoS amplification attack was carried out 10 days ago against many of the Internet’s 13 root name servers, the authoritative servers used to resolve IP addresses.