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Japan CERT has launched a website that allows users to check their configurations

Microsoft’s websites have been affected by a temporary outage

The developers have made a few important changes in this version

Spam abuse also led to email servers being blacklisted

The Syrian Electronic Army hackers were able to take control of several domains

Up to nine domains were impacted by the cyberattack

A large number of websites have been disrupted by a cyberattack on national DNS systems

Fox-IT researchers have published an analysis of the attack

Cybercriminals use the BlackHole exploit kit to distribute the malicious software

The firm reported that some customer sites were compromised

All the company's name servers were offline at one point

The DNS issues occurred while Network Solutions attempted to address the attack

The site is still recovering and still has periods of inaccessibility

Both companies have published post-incident reports

The first signs of an attack emerged on May 31

The site works in most places though and most proxies should work as well

REN-ISAC has published a detailed technical alert