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Russian hacking group targets home and small office routers to spy on users
The FBI, NCSC, and Microsoft warn of an ongoing Russian campaign hijacking DNS settings on home and small office routers to spy on users ...
Defending DNS with Infoblox and Protective DNS
For too long, we’ve treated DNS as a simple utility. It’s just a phonebook for the internet, right? Treating it that way is a mistake. Nearly every single malicious action, whether it’s ...
When “It’s Always DNS” Becomes Your Security Advantage
Every network engineer knows the refrain: “It’s always DNS.” When websites won’t load, applications fail to connect, or mysterious outages emerge, the Domain Name System—the internet’s essential address book—is usually involved. For ...
Akamai Extends Cybersecurity Reach to DNS Posture Management
Akamai this week launched an agentless posture management offering that provides visibility across multiple domain name servers (DNS) platforms. Sean Lyons, senior vice president and general manager for infrastructure security solutions and ...
How a Simple DNS Error Impacted a Major Financial Organization—And How You Can Avoid the Same Fate
In a world where digital transactions power entire economies, even a single keystroke can trigger a chain reaction of vulnerabilities. That’s exactly what happened when MasterCard discovered a tiny, yet dangerous DNS ...
The secret to secure DNS? It’s all in the policies
Following our recent investigations into the dangers of subdomain hijacking, we caught up with Prudence Malinki, Head of Industry Relations at Markmonitor, for some wise words of advice on the role policy ...
10 DNS best practices to keep your Domain Reputation in check
Poor DNS hygiene can leave your organization vulnerable to threats like subDoMailing, DNS spoofing, domain hijacking and other threats. In addition to putting domain security at risk, these vulnerabilities can have long-term ...
Markmonitor webinar | League Table Talk: Ranking ccTLDs on DNS Abuse
In this Markmonitor webinar, Spamhaus' Carel Bitter, joins Georgia Osborn, Senior Research Analyst at the DNS Research Federation, and Chris Niemi, Manager of Strategic Initiatives at Markmonitor, to discuss ccTLDs in the ...
DigiCert Acquires Vercara to Extend Cybersecurity Services
DigiCert today announced it is acquiring Vercara, a provider of Domain Name System (DNS) and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) security services delivered via the cloud ...
The Importance of Domain and DNS Lifecycle Management with Mergers and Acquisitions
As a curious reader of global consulting service reports, one report especially around Global Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) caught my eye. The world of strategic M&A saw deals totaling about $3.1 trillion ...
