A cache poisoning attack occurs when an outside hacker creates a fake message that the DNS will accept, which can trick the server into delivering an incorrect request. The error, affecting numerous ...

DNS cache poisoning occurs when an attacker hacks into a domain name server, one of the machines that translate URLs such as www.techweb.com into the appropriate IP address. The attacker then "poisons ...

NS1, a domain name system (DNS) and traffic management provider, is taking on “DNS cache poisoning” attacks with new DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) capabilities built into its platform. DNS ...

There has been a long history of attacks on the Domain Name System ranging from brute-force denial-of-service attacks to targeted attacks requiring specialized software. In July 2008 a new DNS ...

Hackers have released software that exploits a recently disclosed flaw in the Domain Name System (DNS) software used to route messages between computers on the Internet. The attack code was released ...

A year has passed since security researcher Dan Kaminsky disclosed a serious flaw in the DNS that makes it possible for hackers to launch cache poisoning attacks, where traffic is redirected from a ...

In brief: Last year, Volexity detected and responded to an incident involving systems infected with malware linked to the Chinese hacking group StormBamboo. Initially, suspicions pointed to a ...

New data on the state of ISP security through 2008 suggests that companies are better equipped to deal with many common threats than they were in years past. DNS cache poisoning, and BGP hijacking, ...

Ethereum is facing another large-scale address poisoning campaign. To date, thefts from private wallets have reached $740K. The Ethereum network is targeted by another address poisoning attack, ...

Someone posted details of a novel negative SEO attack that they said appeared to be a Core Web Vitals performance poisoning attack. Google’s John Mueller and Chrome’s Barry Pollard assisted in ...