Massive DNS security problem endangers the internet

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

US-CERT and other security experts have warned of a critical design problem affecting all DNS implementations. The Domain Name Service is responsible for converting readable names like www.heise-online.co.uk into the IP addresses that computers can handle, such as 193.99.144.85. DNS is thus the internet equivalent to a phonebook and without ...

DNS blacklist for weak SSL keys

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Working closely with the German hosting company – manitu, heise is making available with immediate effect a realtime DNS-based blacklist service for identifying weak SSL keys. The provider already runs the Realtime Blacklist for the iX spam filter NiX Spam, which enables mail servers to identify and filter spam.The principle ...

Exploit code released for unpatched IE 7 vulnerability

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Another day, another gaping hole affecting fully patched versions of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser.According to a warning from US-CERT, proof-of-concept exploit code has been published for a new zero-day bug that can be used for a variety of malicious attacks against Windows users running IE 6, IE 7, and IE ...

Zero-day flaw haunts Internet Explorer

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

An unpatched cross-domain vulnerability in Microsoft’s flagship Internet Explorer browser could expose Windows users to cookie hijacks and credentials theft attacks, according to a warning from security researchers. The zero-day flaw, which has been reported to Microsoft, is a variation of Eduardo Vela’s IE Ghost Busters talk: Do you believe in ghosts? ...

$1B Market for Meddling With DNS Poses Security Problem

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

The interception of Internet traffic to snoop on phone calls or track surfers' behavior is a hot topic -- but what's keeping members of ICANN's Security and Stability Advisory Committee up at night is the interception of traffic to and from sites that don't even exist. They explained why in ...