http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/942/all xx http://www.itworld.com/security/62107/porn-site-feud-spawns-new-dns-attack A scrap between two pornographic Web sites turned nasty when one figured out how to take down the other by exploiting a previously unknown quirk in the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS). http://www.itworld.com/security/62107/porn-site-feud-spawns-new-dns-attack#comments Security News DDOS DNS flaw Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:18:58 -0500 ITworld staff 62107 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/58160/ietf-should-we-ignore-kaminsky-bug The Internet engineering community is grappling with what to do about a serious flaw in the DNS discovered this summer, and the ongoing debate brings to mind a famous quotation from Voltaire: "The perfect is the enemy of the good." http://www.itworld.com/security/58160/ietf-should-we-ignore-kaminsky-bug#comments Security News DNS flaw Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:48:25 -0500 ITworld staff 58160 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/55065/apple-update-finally-fixes-important-dns-bug Apple has released a security update for its Mac OS X operating system, fixing a critical Internet security flaw that the company had failed to properly patch in late July. http://www.itworld.com/security/55065/apple-update-finally-fixes-important-dns-bug#comments Operating systems Security News Apple DNS flaw Mac OS patch Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:39:46 -0400 ITworld staff 55065 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/54416/china-netcom-falls-prey-dns-cache-poisoning One of China's largest ISPs (Internet service providers) has fallen victim to a dangerous vulnerability in the Internet's addressing system, according to security vendor Websense. http://www.itworld.com/security/54416/china-netcom-falls-prey-dns-cache-poisoning#comments Security News DNS flaw Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:22:04 -0400 ITworld staff 54416 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/news/54180/new-exploit-poisons-patched-dns-servers-claims-researcher Patches meant to fix a flaw in the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS) don't completely protect the Web's traffic cop from attack, a Russian research claimed Friday. http://www.itworld.com/news/54180/new-exploit-poisons-patched-dns-servers-claims-researcher#comments Security News DNS flaw malware Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:44:10 -0400 ITworld staff 54180 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/networking/54104/kaminsky-many-ways-attack-dns There were 6 a.m. calls from Finnish certificate authorities and also some pretty harsh words from his peers in the security community, even an accidentally leaked Black Hat presentation, but after managing the response to one of the most highly publicized Internet flaws in recent memory, Dan Kaminsky said Wednesday that he'd do it all over again. http://www.itworld.com/networking/54104/kaminsky-many-ways-attack-dns#comments Networking Security News Dan Kaminsky DNS flaw Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:08:12 -0400 abennett 54104 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/networking/54043/dns-vulnerability-what-you-should-know-and-do With attack tools in wide use, it's critical that anyone using Mac OS X Server as a recursive DNS server immediately apply Apple's patch. http://www.itworld.com/networking/54043/dns-vulnerability-what-you-should-know-and-do#comments Networking Security Feature Apple DNS flaw patches Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:21:14 -0400 ITworld staff 54043 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/networking/54024/experts-apple-servers-still-vulnerable-dns-threats A month after a critical flaw in the Internet's Domain Name System was first reported, security experts are warning that updates introduced by Apple last week may not go far enough to combat the threat. http://www.itworld.com/networking/54024/experts-apple-servers-still-vulnerable-dns-threats#comments Networking Security News Apple DNS flaw Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:19:10 -0400 abennett 54024 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/news/54008/firewall-vendors-scramble-fix-dns-problem Nearly a month after a critical flaw in the Internet's Domain Name System was first reported, vendors of some of the most widely used firewall software are scrambling to fix a problem that can essentially undo part of the patches that address this bug. http://www.itworld.com/news/54008/firewall-vendors-scramble-fix-dns-problem#comments Networking News DNS flaw firewall vulnerabilities Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:12:31 -0400 ITworld staff 54008 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/news/53989/apple-finally-patches-dangerous-dns-flaw Apple has at last issued a patch for the DNS (Domain Name System) flaw considered one of the most dangerous vulnerabilities ever to affect the Internet. http://www.itworld.com/news/53989/apple-finally-patches-dangerous-dns-flaw#comments Security News Apple DNS flaw patches Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:15:10 -0400 ITworld staff 53989 at http://www.itworld.com