A series of nation-state attacks on DNS networks pose a threat to both government and enterprise computing networks and mean that immediate action may be necessary.
The keeper of the internet’s ‘phone book’ is urging a speedy adoption of security-enhancing DNS specification
It’s urging tighter security for web domains.
The U.S. government — along with a number of leading security companies — recently warned about a series of highly complex and widespread attacks that allowed suspected Iranian hackers to siphon huge volumes of email passwords and other sensitive data from multiple governments and private companies.
NCSC is probing the large-scale DNS hijacking campaign that has reportedly affected government and commercial organisations worldwide, and has issued defence advice
Revealed: How domains owned by Expedia, Mozilla, and Yelp sent bomb hoaxes.
Clever trick allows attackers to obtain valid TLS certificate for hijacked domains.
2018 saw a reduced number of huge DNS-facilitated DDoS attacks. Vendors and service providers believe that malicious impact will drop with continued technology improvements.