KickassTorrents, Kat.ph Is Down in the US due to a DNS Problem, It's Being Fixed

KickassTorrents, Kat.ph Is Down in the US due to a DNS Problem, It's Being Fixed

Thankfully for US pirates, the site hasn't been blocked there yet

Google's Public DNS Service Now Supports the Secured DNSSEC

Google's Public DNS Service Now Supports the Secured DNSSEC

Offering better protection against some types of DNS attacks

Router Issue Takes Down CloudFlare and 785,000 Websites with It

Router Issue Takes Down CloudFlare and 785,000 Websites with It

CloudFlare was fighting off a DDoS attack when the issue occurred

Number of Open DNS Resolvers Down by 30%, CloudFlare Says

Number of Open DNS Resolvers Down by 30%, CloudFlare Says

Misconfigured resolvers are abused by cybercriminals to amplify DDOS attacks

  • Web Blog
  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • December 11th, 2012
Russia Drops Proposal to Regulate Domain Names at ITU Conference <em>Reuters</em>

Russia Drops Proposal to Regulate Domain Names at ITU Conference Reuters

But there are still plenty of things that could go wrong

Russia, China and the UAE Want to Control DNS and Domain Names Now As Well

Russia, China and the UAE Want to Control DNS and Domain Names Now As Well

The ITU conference is proceeding and things are looking worse and worse

Popular DNS Software BIND 9.9.2-P1 Includes Tons of Fixes

Popular DNS Software BIND 9.9.2-P1 Includes Tons of Fixes

The latest version of BIND can be downloaded from Softpedia

Cybercriminals Hack DNS Records of Go Daddy Sites to Distribute Ransomware

Cybercriminals Hack DNS Records of Go Daddy Sites to Distribute Ransomware

The hackers are most likely using compromised credentials to achieve their goal

Facebook European Outage Caused by DNS Misconfiguration

Facebook European Outage Caused by DNS Misconfiguration

The problem has been resolved and everyone can get their Facebook fix

Cybercriminals Hijack 4.5 Million ADLS Modems in Brazil to Serve Malware

Cybercriminals Hijack 4.5 Million ADLS Modems in Brazil to Serve Malware

Researcher Fabio Assolini presents the details of a major cybercriminal operation

CloudFlare Explains 65 Gbps DDOS Attacks and How They Can Be Stopped

CloudFlare Explains 65 Gbps DDOS Attacks and How They Can Be Stopped

Open DNS resolvers allow cybercriminals to launch attacks of this magnitude

CloudFlare Serving 70 Billion Page Views Monthly to 600 Million Uniques

CloudFlare Serving 70 Billion Page Views Monthly to 600 Million Uniques

The CDN now services 500,000 sites and keeps on growing

  • Web Blog
  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • September 13th, 2012
GoDaddy Apologizes for Outage, Offers One Month for Free

GoDaddy Apologizes for Outage, Offers One Month for Free

An outage potentially affected millions of sites hosted by GoDaddy

GoDaddy's Massive Meltdown Was Not Caused by Anonymous but by Networking Issues

GoDaddy's Massive Meltdown Was Not Caused by Anonymous but by Networking Issues

The company has finally issued an official statement with more details on the outage

Millions of GoDaddy Sites Down for Hours, Possibly Due to DDoS Attack on DNS Servers

Millions of GoDaddy Sites Down for Hours, Possibly Due to DDoS Attack on DNS Servers

The service has been restored and no user data has been compromised

300,000 Computers May Be Cut Off from the Internet Today

300,000 Computers May Be Cut Off from the Internet Today

Thanks to the DNSChanger trojan that affected some four million PCs at its peak

Tick Tock: It’s Lights Out for DNSChanger-Infected Computers on July 9 (Video)

Tick Tock: It’s Lights Out for DNSChanger-Infected Computers on July 9 (Video)

Some ISPs will make sure that their customers will have Internet access even after Monday

 
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