Secure DNS server launched

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

Secure64, which specializes in products designed to support the domain name system (DNS), has released the product to help prevent a condition in which the server's local list of domain name mappings is corrupted. Attackers create this condition by pretending to be another DNS server responding to a DNS query. One ...

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DNS Rebinding – Explained

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

Here is a great video from Robert "RSnake" Hansen explaining what DNS Rebinding actually is and shows some various attacks that may be performed as a result of it.  RSnake also explains what can be done to fix the problem and explains why it might not happen any time soon. DNS ...

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Nessus v4.0.1 Released

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

The Nessus vulnerability scanner, is the world-leader in active scanners, featuring high speed discovery, configuration auditing, asset profiling, sensitive data discovery and vulnerability analysis of your security posture. Nessus scanners can be distributed throughout an entire enterprise, inside DMZs, and across physically separate networks. Fixes: Fixed memory & register leaks in NASL nessus-fetch ...

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Security Tightened for .org Domain

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

The Public Interest Registry will announce today that it has begun cryptographically signing the .org top-level domain using DNS security extensions known as DNSSEC. DNSSEC is an emerging standard that prevents spoofing attacks by letting Web sites verify their domain names and corresponding IP addresses using digital signatures and public-key encryption. DNSSEC ...

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D-Link adds CAPTCHA anti-trojan security to routers

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

D-Link have announced new CAPTCHA security for selected models in their router range, promising more resilience against DNS-altering malware and spyware. The new firmware - which is also available to upgrade on existing models - adds the familiar distorted letters and numbers to common router settings pages. By changing the DNS ...

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