- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 7th, 2014
Check If You’re Running an Open DNS Resolver
Japan CERT has launched a website that allows users to check their configurations
- Security
- By Bogdan Popa
- November 22nd, 2013
Microsoft DNS Servers Go Down for Some, Windows, Hotmail Sites Affected
Microsoft’s websites have been affected by a temporary outage
- Linux & Opensource Blog
- By Silviu Stahie
- October 28th, 2013
Filter and Monitor All the Internet Activity with NxFilter 1.7.1
The developers have made a few important changes in this version
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- October 23rd, 2013
Network Solutions Apologizes to Customers After DNS Incident
Spam abuse also led to email servers being blacklisted
- Web Blog
- By Lucian Parfeni
- August 28th, 2013
Twitter Acknowledges DNS Hack Which Affected Most of Its Domains
The Syrian Electronic Army hackers were able to take control of several domains
- Hacking News
- By Eduard Kovacs
- August 28th, 2013
Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Australian Internet Company, NYT and Twitter Disrupted
Up to nine domains were impacted by the cyberattack
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- August 26th, 2013
China Hit by the Largest DDOS Attack the Country Has Ever Seen
A large number of websites have been disrupted by a cyberattack on national DNS systems
- Hacking News
- By Eduard Kovacs
- August 6th, 2013
DNS Servers of 3 Dutch Hosting Firms Hijacked, Thousands of Sites Serve Malware
Fox-IT researchers have published an analysis of the attack
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- August 5th, 2013
Hundreds of Websites Using DNS from Webstekker Serve Malware
Cybercriminals use the BlackHole exploit kit to distribute the malicious software
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 18th, 2013
DDOS Attack on Network Solutions Impacts Customers and Company’s Website
The firm reported that some customer sites were compromised
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- June 22nd, 2013
DNS Provider Zerigo Hit by DDOS Attack
All the company's name servers were offline at one point
- Incidents
- By Eduard Kovacs
- June 21st, 2013
LinkedIn Outage Caused by DDOS Attack on Network Solutions
The DNS issues occurred while Network Solutions attempted to address the attack
- Web Blog
- By Lucian Parfeni
- June 20th, 2013
LinkedIn Wasn't Hacked, Outage Was Caused by DNS Error
The site is still recovering and still has periods of inaccessibility
- Hacking News
- By Eduard Kovacs
- June 5th, 2013
Systems of DNSimple and easyDNS Abused for DNS Amplification Attack
Both companies have published post-incident reports
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- June 3rd, 2013
DNSimple Hit by Major DDOS Attack – 6/3/2013
The first signs of an attack emerged on May 31
- Web Blog
- By Lucian Parfeni
- May 22nd, 2013
The Pirate Bay Is Down in Some Parts of the World
The site works in most places though and most proxies should work as well
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- May 9th, 2013
Higher Education and Research Community Warned About DDOS Attacks Abusing Their Systems
REN-ISAC has published a detailed technical alert