DNS

AWS DNS network hijack turns MyEtherWallet into ThievesEtherWallet

Updated Audacious BGP seizure of Route 53 IP addys followed by crypto-cyber-heist

Security24 Apr 2018 | 42

Sorry spooks: Princeton boffins reckon they can hide DNS queries

'Oblivious DNS' decouples users from the sites they visit

Security10 Apr 2018 | 57

Cloudflare touts privacy-friendly 1.1.1.1 public DNS service. Hmm, let's take a closer look at that

Updated We'll share query data, but only with these really trustworthy researchers

Networks03 Apr 2018 | 51

The DNS was designed for diversity, but site admins aren't buying

Harvard bods warn: if you want to avoid a big outage, use more than one DNS provider

Networks01 Mar 2018 | 17

BIND comes apart thanks to ancient denial-of-service vuln

No active exploits, but crashes are happening in the wild

Security17 Jan 2018 |

IETF protects privacy and helps net neutrality with DNS over HTTPS

Yes, this really is called DOH, but this one's far from a face palm

Networks14 Dec 2017 | 51

Open source nameserver used by millions needs patching

PowerDNS admins, feel free to fix these DNSSEC bugs before something nasty happens

Security28 Nov 2017 | 3

DNS resolver 9.9.9.9 will check requests against IBM threat database

Group Co-founded by City of London Police promises 'no snooping on your requests'

Security20 Nov 2017 | 125

Google slides DNS privacy into 'Droid developer stream

Encrypting domain queries with TLS

Security26 Oct 2017 | 14

WTH is my domain? OpenSRS and Hover down and out

Updated Network failure forces punters' websites offline

Networks29 Sep 2017 | 6

¡Dios mío! Spain blocks DNS to hush Catalonian independence vote sites

Dot-cat referendum webpages censored amid brazen internet crackdown

Legal27 Sep 2017 | 90

IBM's global load balancer and reverse DNS degraded by domain transfer mess

Registrar put crucial domains in limbo. Is that good enough for a big cloud?

SaaS08 Sep 2017 | 9

Sysadmins told to update their software or risk killing the internet

The DNS signing keys are changing for the first time

Networks22 Aug 2017 | 38

It's 2017 and someone's probably still using WINS naming. If so, stop

Microsoft's NetBIOS naming is vulnerable: use DNS instead

Security15 Jun 2017 | 32

.Science and .study: Domains of the bookish? More like domains of the JERKS!

Only few bad apples at internet badness hotspots, though

Security23 May 2017 | 11

Taiwan government to block Google's public DNS in favor of HiNet's

Claims it's for cybersecurity – but whose security exactly?

Security11 May 2017 | 19

Boffins supercharge the 'hosts' file to save users plagued by DNS outages

Chinese Academy of Sciences thinks it has a way to give DNS a backup

Networks26 Apr 2017 | 16

Ubuntu splats TITSUP bug spread in update

Fat-thumbed DNS patch unpatched, time to re-patch

Software23 Mar 2017 | 11

DNS lookups can reveal every web page you visit, says German boffin

The fix is simple: turn your modem on and off again to get a new IP address. Or ask your ISP to assign them more often

Security21 Mar 2017 | 73

GoDaddy DNS has gone diddy

Updated We'll try and sort it out by the end of the day, it says

Networks02 Mar 2017 | 16

How's your online bank security looking? The Dutch studied theirs and... yeah, not great

Just six per cent of banks using DNSSEC on domains

Security22 Feb 2017 | 14

ISC squishes BIND packet-of-death bugs

DNS servers are crashable until they're patched

Security13 Jan 2017 | 4

IETF plants privacy test inside DNS

'Stubby' aims to protect your metadata from snoopers

Security22 Nov 2016 | 20

How many Internet of S**t devices knocked out Dyn? Fewer than you may expect

DNS really needs to be fixed if it can be taken out by 100,000 home devices

Security27 Oct 2016 | 14

Today the web was broken by countless hacked devices – your 60-second summary

Updated IoT gadgets flooded DNS biz Dyn to take down big name websites

Edge + IoT21 Oct 2016 | 221

DNS devastation: Top websites whacked offline as Dyn dies again

Twitter, Amazon, AirBnB, Github and many others hit in DDoS attack on infrastructure

Networks21 Oct 2016 | 99

Dyn dinged by DDoS: US DNS firm gives web a bad hair day

Reddit, Github, Airbnb and pals affected

Security21 Oct 2016 | 32

Nork server blunder leaks Kim Jong Un's entire DNS – all, er, 28 .kp domains

It looks a lot like 1996

Networks21 Sep 2016 | 24

Great British Block-Off: GCHQ floats plan to share its DNS filters

Plan calls for ISPs to sign on for attack blocking system

Security14 Sep 2016 | 52

No, Google you still can't have dotless, one-word domains

And this time it's final, all right?

Networks12 Jul 2016 | 22

DNS security can be improved with cookies, suggest IETF boffins

For message authentication, not for tracking. Promise!

Security07 Jun 2016 | 3

IETF spikes government metadata collection with DNS request crypto plan

RFC calling for DNS encryption would make it much harder for spooks to know where you surf

Security25 May 2016 | 17

I bless the reins down on .africa ... Dot-word injunction hits ICANN

Court orders DNS overseer to halt delegation of new gTLD for a second time

Networks13 Apr 2016 | 20

Dan Kaminsky is an expert on DNS security – and he's saying: Patch right God damn now

Exclusive Glibc bug – dubbed Skeleton Key – could persist in caches

Security20 Feb 2016 | 47

TalkTalk Business email servers titsup for days after DNS config snafu

'Handful of customers' told to wait until Tuesday for a fix

Networks23 Nov 2015 | 19

Verisign opens up its DNS

Free for ordinary users, promises not to harvest your requests

Software30 Sep 2015 | 15

Next-gen secure email using internet's own DNS – your help needed

Use domain names to keep email contents safe from prying eyes. Except the NSA of course

Security03 Aug 2015 | 25

Facebook casts a hex with self-referential IPv6

Poll Manages without the letter K, m'kay?

Networks08 Jul 2015 | 22

Blackhat hack trick wallops popular routers

Sneaky DNS change doesn't need remote management.

Security26 May 2015 | 16

Cloud DNS, VPN, HTTPS load balancing ... Google looks at rivals, thinks: Yeah, we'll do all that

Someone's been busy in the Chocolate Factory

SaaS13 Apr 2015 | 2

Sleepy eNom bombs websites in HUGE DNS OUTAGE – remains silent despite gripes

Titsup for five hours but yet to 'fess up to service strife

SaaS09 Mar 2015 | 7

Fareit trojan pwns punters with devious DNS devilry

These are NOT the Flash updates you are looking for

Security06 Mar 2015 | 12

New claim: D-Link router exposes unprotected config controls to web – DNS hijackers, ahoy!

Zero-day exploit code already published

Security02 Feb 2015 | 14

Great Firewall of China blasts DDoS attacks at random IP addresses

Upgrade to system causing bizarre traffic spikes

Networks26 Jan 2015 | 24

Would you buy a domain from Google? Industry weighs in on web giant's move

A hit, miss or maybe?

On-Prem13 Jan 2015 | 30

ISC.org website hacked: Scan your PC for malware if you stopped by

Cryptographically signed BIND, DHCP code safe, we're told

Security26 Dec 2014 | 13

Movie industry's evil plan to destroy the internet is going precisely nowhere

Yes, it would damage the DNS; no, it's not going to happen

Security19 Dec 2014 | 51

TalkTalk customers demand opt-out fix for telco's DNS ad-jacking tactics

Error Replacement Service is a neat moneyspinner for ISP

Networks15 Dec 2014 | 26

BT Infinity ‘working to fix problem’ after three days of outages

Might be DNS, might be MSO. Either way, it’s BAD

Networks12 Dec 2014 | 37

Google's whois results say it's a lousy smut searcher

Run whois google.com or whois microsoft.com. We dare you, you PIG◙◙◙◙ER

Bootnotes27 Nov 2014 | 5

Fasthosts goes titsup, blames DNS blunder

Monday morning blues for biz customers

Channel17 Nov 2014 | 38

Newly public dot-dentist flogger Rightside's shares jump on strong domain sales

Domain renewal rate on the rise

On-Prem08 Nov 2014 | 3

In the next four weeks, 100 people will decide the future of the web

While America tucks into Thanksgiving turkey, the world will be taking over the net

Legal23 Oct 2014 | 35

In dot we trust: If you keep to this 124-page security rulebook, you can own yourname.trust

Step 1: Don't get owned. Step 2: Use HTTPS. Step 3: ...

Security22 Oct 2014 | 15

Something ate Google's 8.8.8.8 at about eight in Asia's evening

Public DNS outage sends sysadmins scrambling across Asia

Networks13 Oct 2014 | 59

Countless Belkin routers go TITSUP in massive mystery meltdown

Updated Maker says it's got it fixed now ... but what was it?

Channel07 Oct 2014 | 37