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Curated Press on Domain and DNS Compromises To help our web audience better understand DNS related security exposures and compliance gaps this curated article page is dedicated to educating business leaders, IT and infrastructure teams. The more we understand the exposures, the better we can prevent them.
Hackers Hijack DNS Server of BlackWallet to Steal $400,000

Unknown hackers (or hacker) have hijacked the DNS server for BlackWallet.co, a web-based wallet application for the Stellar Lumen cryptocurrency (XLM), and has stolen over $400,000 from users’ accounts.

Source: Bleeping Computer Hackers Hijack DNS Server of Crypto-to-Crypto Exchange EtherDelta

Cryptocurrency exchange EtherDelta, announced it suffered a security breach in a series of tweets posted online last night.

Top Security Firm Admits to MitM Security Incident

Netherlands-based Fox-IT, one of the world’s leading IT security providers, disclosed today a security breach during which an unknown attacker carried out a Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack and spied on a small number of Fox-IT customers.

Source: APNIC Why DNSSEC deployment remains so low

DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) were originally introduced in 1997 to address the security limitations of the original DNS protocol.

Source: Naked Security by Sophos Dell forgot to renew the domain it uses for PC backups

Once upon a time, there was a Dell domain called (deep breath…)

Man sentenced for hijacking company’s domain name and demanding $10,000

Man held former company’s name for ransom and redirected it to porn site.

Source: The Register DMARC anti-phishing standard adoption is lagging even in big firms

Big-name companies are still leaving themselves and their customers open to phishing because they haven’t implemented the DMARC message validation standard.

Source: Anime News Network What’s Going On with Anime News Network?

Anime News Network suffered a pretty major hack, one that took down their original domain (www.animenewsnetwork.com) and compromised their email domain.