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Turkish ISPs Set Up Fake Google DNS Servers
Google concerned over fake Domain Name System servers apparently set up by Turkish ISPs, amidst various forms of web censorship in the country
US Government To Cut Ties To Icann
Amidst growing international pressure, the US government has announced the Internet management body Icann will be independent as of late 2015
China Suffers Internet Outage After ‘DNS Hack’
Large-scale Internet outage in China raises questions about the Great Firewall
Bitcointalk.org Says DNS Was Hijacked, Passwords Compromised
On the same day, the website was also hit by DDoS attack
DNS Vulnerability And The New Gunpowder Plotters
When groups like Anonymous go on the warpath, companies' DNS services are where they may strike first, warns Chris Marrison
New York Times Downed By Syrian Electronic Army
The website of the New York Times has been taken offline in the latest Syrian Electronic Army attack
VeriSign Makes Diversity Move With FreeBSD Sponsorship
VeriSign backs FreeBSD with new sponsorship, so that the Global DNS does not just rely on one OS
LinkedIn Downed As ‘DNS Error’ Strikes
LinkedIn says site is back to normal after DNS glitch at its registrar
‘Critical’ BIND Vulnerability Puts DNS Servers At Risk
A flaw reported in the handling of regular expressions means most DNS servers running on Linux or Unix are vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks, according to security experts
Millions Of Open Servers Are Helping To Set Off Huge Digital Bombs
Spamhaus attacks show how the Internet's millions of open DNS resolvers are 'the scourge of the Internet'
DNS Attacks Take Out Google, PayPal In Romania
Kaspersky, Microsoft and Yahoo also hit
Google And Apple Sites Downed In Massive Pakistani DNS Hack
Tech giants amongst hundreds affected by DNS-level attack
‘Hacked’ Go Daddy Sites Serve Up Ransomware
Sophos asks how Go Daddy DNS records might have been compromised
Open Root: The Grandfather Of The Internet Takes On ICANN
FRANCE: Louis Pouzin invented a precursor to the Internet's TCP/IP's protoool, and now he wants to break ICANN's monopoly on top level domains
Facebook Suffers Outage In Parts Of Europe And Asia
Early morning downtime reported by users across several countries
US Secret Service Pulls Plug On Forms Site
The US Secret Service has shut down and then reinstated online forms site JotForm, without the need for a law such as SOPA
Google Public DNS Hits 70bn Requests Daily
Google's Public DNS is now processing 70 billion requests a day, the search engine giant revealed
Report Reveals VeriSign Was Repeatedly Hacked In 2010
Quarterly report from last November reveals that the network infrastructure provider was hacked and had data stolen multiple times in 2010
Google Tests TCP To Trim Latency Issues
Google engineers are exploring ways to cut latency issues inherent in the TCP connections made by web browsers
Analyst Plays Down Dot-Anything Brand Risk
Companies should not be concerned about buying up ICANN's new generic top-level domains to avoid risk to their brands, according to Forrester
Infoblox Looks To Raise £81m In IPO
Data centre software specialist Infoblox is looking to raise $125m (£81m) when it goes public later this month
OpenDNS Releases Encryption For All DNS Traffic
DNS traffic encryption from the client computer to OpenDNS servers can prevent attackers eavesdropping
Hackers Hijack The Register And The Telegraph
Several websites fell victim to a Domain Name System hijack carried out by Turkish hackers looking for laughs
Nominet Launches Free Trial Of Secure DNS
Nominet will give .uk domain owners a DNSSEC service to prevent hackers spreading counterfeit addresses
ICANN Upgrades Internet Security System
In an effort to step up its fight against cyber crime, ICANN has upgraded its security at the very top of the domain name system
Network Housekeeper Infoblox Buys Netcordia
Infoblox's boxes handle network chores like DNS management. Now Netcordia adds change management