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 ...

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 is one of the fundamental and ancient protocols on the Internet that supports many network applications and services. Unfortunately, DNS was designed without security in mind and is subject to a ...

Seven flaws in open-source software Dnsmasq could allow DNS cache poisoning attacks and remote code execution. Researchers have uncovered a set of flaws in dnsmasq, popular open-source software used ...

A team of researchers from UC Irvine and Tsinghua University has developed a new powerful cache poisoning attack named 'MaginotDNS,' that targets Conditional DNS (CDNS) resolvers and can compromise ...

Israel-based security consultancy firm JSOF disclosed today seven Dnsmasq vulnerabilities, collectively known as DNSpooq, that can be exploited to launch DNS cache poisoning, remote code execution, ...

Security experts have disclosed today details about seven vulnerabilities impacting a popular DNS software package that is commonly deployed in networking equipment, such as routers and access points.

A group of vulnerabilities in the popular DNSMasq software used for domain name system (DNS) caching and IP address assignment could allow an attacker to reroute network traffic or use nearly 1 ...

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 ...