DNS server, and attack news on CNET

August 3, 2005 Scan finds that hundreds of thousands of the servers that act as the white pages of the Net are vulnerable to attack. TAGS: DNS server, DNS, attacker, domain, server, IP address, IP, Internet Service Provider, service provider, Internet service, attack, PC, e-mail

March 24, 2006 New twist on denial-of-service attacks could intensify cybercriminals' threat to online business. TAGS: DNS server, Nominum Inc., DNS, distributed denial of service, chief scientist, assault, VeriSign Inc., denial of service, attack, target, server, domain name, IP address, IP

March 16, 2006 Attacks targeted 1,500 IP addresses and delivered a heftier blow than normal DOS threats, VeriSign security chief says. TAGS: VeriSign Inc., denial of service, bot, DNS server, query, victim, DNS, threat, server, attack, IP, DOS, IP address, security

February 7, 2007 Hackers may have targeted DNS servers that form the backbone of the Internet--but no damage was done, experts believe. TAGS: DNS server, Internet-backbone, DNS, attack, domain name, server, expert, Internet service, service provider, Symantec Corp., Internet Service Provider, IP address, IP

March 9, 2007 ICANN report says new load-balancing technology helped the Internet withstand a February attack on the domain name system. TAGS: load balancing, DNS, DNS server, Internet-backbone, denial of service, domain name, attack, server

April 7, 2005 Recommends changing server software configurations to help protect against DNS cache poisoning, a technique used in online attacks. TAGS: DNS, server software, data center, attack, DNS server, threat, Microsoft Windows Server, server, spyware, Microsoft Corp., security, setting, Microsoft Windows

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