News

• Glitch knocks Rollingstone.com offline

  Rollingstone.com stopped rolling for several hours on Monday.

• DNS problem linked to DDoS attacks gets worse

  Internet security experts say that misconfigured DSL and cable modems are worsening a well-known problem with the Internet's DNS (domain name system), making it easier for hackers to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against their victims.

• UltraDNS service knocked offline by attack

  NeuStar confirmed that its UltraDNS managed DNS service was knocked offline for several hours Tuesday morning by a distributed denial of service attack.

• Permanent fix needed for DNS security issues, Kaminsky warns

  Researcher who found cache-poisoning flaw says time has come for DNSSEC technology

• IETF: Should we ignore the Kaminsky bug?

  The Internet engineering community is grappling with what to do about a serious flaw in the DNS discovered mid-year, and the ongoing debate brings to mind a famous quotation from Voltaire: "The perfect is the enemy of the good."

• Survey: 1 in 4 DNS servers still vulnerable to Kaminsky flaw

  Despite industry efforts to lock down DNS servers, one in four remain vulnerable to cache poisoning due to the well-documented Kaminsky flaw identified earlier this year and another 40 percent could be considered a danger to themselves and others, recent research shows.

• China Netcom falls prey to 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.