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OpenDNS releases free Windows tool to encrypt DNS requests
OpenDNS, specialists in the Domain Name System, has released a Windows version of a tool that encrypts DNS requests, which could be spied on to reveal a user's browsing activity.
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'Nuke the box' - Push to clean up 300,000 PCs with DNSChanger virus
A campaign is underway to clean up as many as 300,000 computers infected with DNSChanger viruses that divert victims' traffic to sites that can further exploit the machines and their owners, but it's not clear that goal can be accomplished without drastic measures.
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Whoops! Check Point lets their domain name expire
It's got to be a little embarrassing for a security company steeped in paying attention to details like opening and closing firewall ports and monitoring whether applications are behaving oddly to overlook an arguably major item like maintaining the company's domain name, but it happened to Check Point Software.
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Will hacker group Anonymous bring down the Internet on 31 March?
Hacker group Anonymous has been threatening since February to "shut the Internet down" by launching a Distributed Denial of Service attack (DDOS) on Saturday (31 March). The attack will target the world?s 13 DNS servers so that Internet users will be unable to perform domain name lookups, thus temporarily disabling the Internet.
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US government websites failing on DNSSEC authentication
Approximately 40% of US federal government agencies are out of compliance with a regulation that requires them to deploy an extra layer of authentication on their websites to prevent hackers from hijacking web traffic and redirecting it to bogus sites.
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DNSChanger victims get extension until 8 July
Companies and individuals infected with the DNSChanger malware have been given a further 120 days to clean their PCs before they are disconnected from the Internet, it has been announced.
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Malware increasingly using DNS as C&C channel to avoid detection
The number of malware threats that receive instructions from attackers through DNS is expected to increase, and most companies are not currently scanning for such activity on their networks, security experts said at the RSA Conference 2012 on Tuesday.
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Anonymous threatens root Internet servers
An campaign announced by the hacking group Anonymous directed against the Internet's core address lookup system is unlikely to cause much damage, according to one security expert.
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DNSChanger has infected half of Fortune 500 firms
Half of all Fortune 500 companies and major US government agencies own computers infected with the "DNSChanger" malware that redirects users to fake websites and puts organisations at risk of information theft, a security company warned yesterday.
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Germany to shut down DNSChanger Trojan servers
German authorities are advising victims of DNSChanger Trojan programs to fix their computers' Domain Name System settings using a free tool developed by antivirus company Avira, because the servers resolving DNS queries on their behalf will be closed down on March 8.
