DNS

Apple Services Resume After Multiple Outages

App Store and other Apple services are back online after outages over a two day period, reportedly being blamed on…

3 years ago

Ukraine Asks ICANN To Remove Russian Domains

Digital fightback by Ukraine sees official letter to internet domain body ICANN, requesting removal of Russian domains from global web

3 years ago

Microsoft 365 Restored After Outage

Problems with Microsoft 365 and Teams have been resolved Microsoft confirms, after outage on Thursday for thousands of people

4 years ago

Google Chrome Follows Firefox Lead With DoH Option

Three months after Firefox turned on privacy feature called DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH), Google's Chrome browser gets same feature, but only if…

5 years ago

Mozilla Turns On DoH By Default For US Firefox Users

Mozilla Foundation has turned on its privacy feature called DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) for American users of the Firefox browser

5 years ago

Russia ‘Successfully Tests’ Sovereign Internet – Report

Russian pursuit of “sovereign internet” sees the country test its Internet unplugged from rest of the world

5 years ago

Google Follows Firefox Lead With Chrome DoH Test

Google confirms it will test DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) in Chrome 78, days after Mozilla makes Firefox announcement

5 years ago

Mozilla Strengthens Privacy With DoH Switch On

Another move to strengthen its privacy credentials, as Mozilla gradually switches on DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) for its Firefox browser

5 years ago

President Putin Signs Bill To Isolate Internet In Russia

Controversial law will route Russian web traffic through points controlled by Russian government

6 years ago

Thousands Protest At Russian Internet Restrictions

Over 15,000 people protest in Moscow after Russian government moves to tighten control of Internet

6 years ago

Russian Telcos Consider Experimental Disconnection From Global Internet

The exercise would allow telcos to simulate how their networks would function if Russia were cut off from the worldwide…

6 years ago

NCSC Programme Blocks 30 Million Phishing Emails In One Month

The National Cyber Security Centre's 'Active Cyber Defence' strategy has blocked millions of scam emails imitating government addresses

7 years ago

IBM Quad9 DNS Service Offers Rogue Site Protection

Big Blue and partners deliver Quad9 DNS privacy and security service for malicious website protection

7 years ago

Software ‘Feature’ Sent Plain-Text Passwords Across The Internet

The developer of a popular Mac tool has fixed an issue that caused sensitive data to be sent out unencrypted…

7 years ago

WikiLeaks Hacked By Saudi-Based OurMine

OurMine group claims Wikileaks 'hack' after it managed to poison its DNS web address

7 years ago

Researcher Takes Over .IO Domain After Technical Blunder

A technical mistake allowed a security researcher to temporarily take control of nameservers for the .io domain, highlighting ongoing DNS…

7 years ago

GoDaddy DNS Outage Knocks Customer Websites Offline

The Internet domain registrar and web hosting company appears to be fixing the issues

8 years ago

New Android Switcher Trojan Spreading Through Wi-Fi Routers

The trojan hijacks DNS servers and replaces them with malicious versions to re-direct web traffic

8 years ago

‘Sophisticated’ DNS Attack Used IoT Gadgets To Target Dyn

The DDoS attack was unusual in its scale and was backed up by a large Mirai IoT botnet, Dyn says

8 years ago

Massive Cyber-Attack Shows Risk Of Poor Security On Network Nodes

ANALYSIS: While the details regarding the sources and methods of the Oct. 21 DDoS attack that took down vast areas…

8 years ago

US To Cede Control Of DNS With ICANN Independence

Independence day for the Internet will be on 1 October, as the United States surrenders control of Icann

8 years ago

Internet Optimiser Dyn Raises £35m In New Funding

Internet performance management vendor Dyn cashes in on healthy 2016 outlook

9 years ago

Mystery Surrounds DDoS Attacks On Janet/DNS Servers

Janet network suffers DDoS attack, days after a similar attack targets the Internet's core DNS servers

9 years ago

Cisco Warns Of Appliance Vulnerabilities

Cisco warns customers of potential denial of service and DNS vulnerabilities in its kit

9 years ago

BIND Flaw Opens Door To Hacker Attacks On DNS

Patch now! BIND flaw is being exploited by hackers and websites can be taken offline, researchers warn

9 years ago

5 DNS Attack Vectors You Need To Be Wary Of – And How To Defend Against Them

Chris Marrison, consulting solutions architect, Infoblox, explains how to protect your organisation against some of the most sneaky and damaging…

10 years ago

Router Hack Inserts Ads And Porn Into Websites

Fraud scheme uses router hack to intercept Google Analytics tags and replace them with smut and adverts

10 years ago

Apple iTunes, App Store Recovers After Outage

Normal service resumes after outage of the Apple iTunes and App store is blamed on DNS fault

10 years ago

Microsoft Cybercrime Shutdown Hit Users Says DDNS Provider

In its efforts to knock out sub-domains it believes were used to control widespread, Microsoft infuriates a US-based DNS provider

10 years ago