DNS - News, Features, and Slideshows

• Internet pioneer Paul Vixie: Build roads, not walls

  ​'Are you an optimist?' was the question put to Paul Vixie last week at Kaspersky's security analyst summit in Singapore, when he took to the stage to receive the security company's 'MVP' award.

• Telcos block sites in wake of NZ government plea

  Australia’s major telcos have temporarily blocked a number of sites hosting footage of Friday’s terror attack in Christchurch.

• Eight reasons why you should conduct a DNS audit

  As the Mirai botnet attack on 21 October 2016 proved, the DNS (Domain Name System) is not immune to cyber-attacks. If there is one key lesson to take from it, it’s that organisations relying on online assets for their day-to-day activities simply cannot afford to lose a service like DNS.

• SD-WAN startup Versa software defines security

  Adds DNS, secure Web gateway to VNF roster, boost performance of existing offerings

• A new kind of DDoS threat: The "Nonsense Name" attack

  There's a new species of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack targeting name servers, which could be called the "nonsense name" attack. It can wreak havoc on recursive and authoritative name servers alike, and some of our customers at Infoblox have fallen victim to it--but it's not always clear whether they were actually the targets.

• Slideshow: How DNS cache poisoning works

  Tips to thwart DNS cache-poisoning attacks

Whitepapers about DNS

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  The rising tide of DNS threats

  The dramatic increase in DNS and DDoS attacks in the past five years has resulted in loss of business revenue and brand equity for many companies. This infographic gives insights on the effects of these increasing attacks and looks at industries that are most commonly affected by these threats.

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  Designing a secure DNS architecture

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  Designing a secure DNS architecture

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  The rising tide of DNS threats: are you prepared?