DNS cache poisoning occurs when an attacker hacks into a domain name server, one of the machines that translate URLs such as www.techweb.com into the appropriate IP address. The attacker then "poisons ...

NS1, a domain name system (DNS) and traffic management provider, is taking on “DNS cache poisoning” attacks with new DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) capabilities built into its platform. DNS ...

Security vulnerabilities discovered in the open-source Pingora framework have triggered renewed scrutiny of infrastructure software used to route vast volumes of internet traffic, after researchers ...

There has been a long history of attacks on the Domain Name System ranging from brute-force denial-of-service attacks to targeted attacks requiring specialized software. In July 2008 a new DNS ...

NeuStar will market its proprietary system for thwarting Web traffic hijacking attacks until standard DNS Security (DNSSEC) mechanisms are deployed widely. NeuStar has developed a proprietary system ...

The creator of the Metasploit hacking toolkit has become the victim of a cache poisoning attack that targets a DNS bug HD Moore has been owned. That’s hacker talk, meaning that Moore, the creator of ...