Latest coverage for DNS

SaaS Observability Vendor Adds Real-Time Network Flow Telemetry to DNS IntelligenceInfoblox plans to acquire San Francisco-based network observability specialist Kentik to combine DNS, DHCP, asset intelligence and real-time network flow telemetry into a unified platform designed to help enterprises manage increasingly complex hybrid cloud and AI-driven environments.

Hijacking DNS Settings Helps Russian Hackers Decrypt TLS Traffic, Microsoft WarnsHackers tied to Russia's GRU military intelligence agency are compromising SOHO routers to hijack their DNS settings and spy on the cloud activities of high-value government, IT, telecommunications and energy organizations, Microsoft warns.

Shadow Aeza International Directed Traffic to Malicious AdtechA financially motivated threat actor hacked dozens of domain name system resolvers, connecting them to the infrastructure of a Russian bulletproof hosting service sanctioned by the U.S. Department of Treasury for its criminal links, researchers found.

Azure Outage Comes a Week After a Cloud DNS Error Disrupted AWS UsersMicrosoft's Azure cloud and 365 systems suffered an outage at noon on Wednesday because of a configuration error - hours before its quarterly earnings call and about a week after rival AWS underwent a widespread outage that shut down applications and services for most of the day.

Cloud Giant Blames DNS MisconfigurationAmazon Web Services is recovering from a service outage that affected its own services and dozens of its clients on Monday including websites of the British government. The cloud computing giant - the world's largest - blamed a domain name system misconfiguration.

Cloud Giant Blames DNS MisconfigurationAmazon Web Services is recovering from a service outage that impacted its own services and dozens of its clients on Monday including websites of the British government. The cloud computing giant - the world's largest - blamed a domain name system misconfiguration.

'Hazy Hawk' Behind a Rash of Domain HijackingsA hacking group with apparent access to a commercial domain name system archiving service is on the hunt for misconfigured records of high-reputation organizations in order to blast links to scammy domains. It checks the CNAME field of DNS records to see if it points to an abandoned cloud service.

Also: Gootloader Malware, GCHQ Intern Pleads Guilty, Check Point Breach UpdateThis week, a "Fast Flux" warning, Gootloader malware, an GCHQ intern pleaded guilty to stealing top secret data and Check Point undercuts hacking claim. Also, Google rolled out end-to-end encryption for some Gmail users, Apple backported patches and Dutch prosecutors cut internet access.

Rhode Island Becomes First State to Shield Students from Cyber Risks with New ToolRhode Island will become the first state in the nation to launch a statewide cybersecurity tool for K-12 schools, offering enhanced protection against ransomware threats with a new, no-cost, federally funded service that will shield 136,000 students across 64 school districts.

Protecting domain name systems finally has the attention of cybersecurity professionals -because every recent large data breach has involved a DNS vulnerability. But there is much work to be done. According to Ihab Shraim, chief technical officer at Corporation Services Company, just 1 in 100 security companies knows who their registrar is and where their domain name resides.