- Security Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- January 20th, 2015
GoDaddy Domains Exposed to Hijacking Due to CSRF Vulnerability
Domain registrar solves the problem without any delay
- Incidents
- By Ionut Ilascu
- November 12th, 2014
New DNS Amplification Attacks Use Text from White House Press Release
Education, entertainment and high tech consulting are the primary targets of the attackers at the moment
- Security Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- October 21st, 2014
Malvertisement from Major Ad Vendor Used to Change Router DNS Settings
Malicious code is heavily obfuscated to evade detection
- Security Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- September 4th, 2014
Home Router DNS Settings Changed via Web-Based Attack
Scripts running in the background attempt brute-forcing the router login
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 21st, 2014
38-Day Long DDoS Siege Amounts to Over 50 Petabits in Bad Traffic
Attack directed to video game company, business feud suspected
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- July 24th, 2014
Swiss Banks Targeted by Clever Malware
Crooks use sophisticated phishing and rogue mobile app to access bank accounts
- Editorials
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 29th, 2014
Amplification of DDoS Attacks
Public servers and botnets used by cybercriminals to disrupt services
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 23rd, 2014
DDoS on Online Democracy Poll Proves Inefficient
Hong Kong residents expressed their opinion on the election system
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 16th, 2014
Spamhaus Domain Block List to Offer Better Protection
Data sets include domain names linked to botnets and spreading malware
- Social Networking Related
- By Gabriela Vatu
- April 9th, 2014
![Turkey Stops Intercepting DNS Servers from Google, Level 3 and OpenDNS [WSJ]](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Turkey-Stops-Intercepting-DNS-Servers-from-Google-Level-3-and-OpenDNS-1.jpg "Turkey Stops Intercepting DNS Servers from Google, Level 3 and OpenDNS [WSJ]")
Turkey Stops Intercepting DNS Servers from Google, Level 3 and OpenDNS [WSJ]
Turkey is now making it easier for users to override YouTube ban
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 3rd, 2014
ISPs Exposed to DNS DDOS Attacks Due to Millions of Vulnerable Home Routers
Experts say there are around 24 million home routers that can be abused by cybercriminals
- Google News
- By Gabriela Vatu
- March 31st, 2014
Turkey “Intercepted” Google’s DNS
In an effort to keep people away from sites like Twitter and YouTube, Turkey took measures
- Web Blog
- By Gabriela Vatu
- March 22nd, 2014
Turkey Blocks Google DNS, Cutts Off Twitter Backdoor
Using the Google DNS was an easy way to access Twitter in Turkey
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- March 17th, 2014
Google’s Public DNS Hijacked for 22 Minutes
Users in Brazil and Venezuela were impacted by the BGP hijacking
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 21st, 2014
Massive DDOS Attack Launched Against Namecheap’s DNS Platform
300 domains on the company's DNS platform have been targeted
- Linux & Opensource Blog
- By Silviu Stahie
- January 31st, 2014
Popular DNS Software BIND 9.9.5 Is Now Available for Download
The latest version of BIND can be downloaded from Softpedia
- Linux & Opensource Blog
- By Silviu Stahie
- January 14th, 2014
Popular DNS Software BIND 9.9.4-P2 Is the Last Release in This Branch
The latest version of BIND can be downloaded from Softpedia