DNS
Advanced DNS hijacking campaign targeting public and private organizations for last 2 years: Cisco Talos
A new cyber threat campaign called Sea Turtle is manipulating the DNS systems to target public and private entities, including national security organizations, in the Middle East and North Africa. As ...
ICANN demands full deployment of DNSSEC across all domains
In a new announcement, ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) has mentioned that there is an ongoing and significant risk to some of the main parts of DNS (Domain Name System) inf...
DNS Flag Day: Domain names with non-compliant DNS servers might become unavailable
From DNS Flag Day 2019, the DNS software and service providers are going to stop supporting certain accommodations for non-complaint DNS implementations from their software or services. These changes ...
Google secures DNS traffic with DNS-over-TLS support for its public DNS
Google is adding DNS-over-TLS support to its Public DNS (Domain Name System) protocol to provide security and privacy for DNS traffic between users and their resolvers. The DNS protocol is used to con...
Comodo rolls out Platinum version of Dome Shield for DNS-based security and visibility
Comodo Cybersecurity is releasing the platinum version of its Comodo Dome Shield solution to enable enterprises and service providers block access to malicious websites. Comodo Dome Shield Platinum is...
Alphabet’s Jigsaw launches new app to protect users against DNS manipulation
Jigsaw, unit of Google’s parent company Alphabet, has launched a new Android app called Intra to protect users against DNS (domain name system) manipulation. DNS is the phonebook of internet, that hel...
ICANN will change DNS root key next month to strengthen security of domain name system
Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is finally performing a root zone DNSSEC KSK roll-over to strengthen the security of domain name system (DNS). DNSSEC (Domain Name System Sec...
Cloudflare looks to expand adoption of DNSSEC with new one-click setup process
Cloudflare is expanding the adoption of DNSSEC by allowing users to enable it with the click of a button in the Cloudflare dashboard. The DNSSEC (Domain Name System Security Extensions) is a security ...
Mozilla moves its DNS over HTTPS protocol testing to Beta phase
Mozilla Firefox is all set to test DNS over HTTPS feature on its beta channel. As an effort to safeguard user security, web browser Mozilla began experimentation with DNS (Domain Name System) in early...
It costs $715,000 to mitigate a DNS attack in 2018: EfficientIP report
On average, a DNS attack costs $715,000 to organizations globally, up from $456,000 a year before, according to 2018 DNS Threat Report by EfficientIP. EfficientIP surveyed 1000 organizations around Eu...
Cloudflare launches DNS resolver 1.1.1.1 for faster and privacy-focused internet experience
Cloudflare launched a new DNS (domain name system) service called 1.1.1.1, that will deliver internet’s fastest and private internet experience to the consumers. DNS acts like internet’s directory. Wh...
Let’s Encrypt to now issue free Wildcard certificates through ACMEv2
Let’s Encrypt, the non-profit certificate authority, has announced that wildcard certificates and ACMEv2 will now be supported. With this announcement, Let’s Encrypt takes a step ahead to make HTTPS a...