31 Jul 2008

Protect your Mac against poisoned DNS servers

As my colleague, Preston Gralla, wrote today, the potential for the very serious DNS exploit could leave your computer and your network prone to attacks. While most ISP's DNS servers are patched (Comcast and Verizon) or will be shortly(AT&T), some... (posted on 31 Jul 2008 by Apple, Ink)

30 Jul 2008

Oh oh, I use AT&T

Not that I’m surprised, but it appears that a DNS server at AT&T has been the first high profile targets of the DNS vulnerability discovered by Dan Kaminsky. I’ve been testing my internet connection every once in a while since I called out AT&T to patch... (posted on 30 Jul 2008 by Network Security Blog)

29 Jul 2008

30 Days of DNS attack activity

 The people over at Arbor Networks have been posting some very interesting work recently. The most recent post presents a cursory overview of the last 30 days of DNS attack activity.When analyzing single packet DNS version queries (i.e., in order... (posted on 29 Jul 2008 by Kees Leune)

25 Jul 2008

Is Your DNS Patched?

In case you have been living under a rock for the past month you have most likely heard about the DNS cache exploit recently discovered by Dan Kaminsky.  This might be one of the most severe flaws discovered as it was cross platform affecting everything... (posted on 25 Jul 2008 by The Lazy Admin)

24 Jul 2008

DNS 'sploit - Irresponsible?

This whole DNS issue has become a "circus" to put it in the words of Chris Hoff. First there was the ruckus around the fact the Dan Kaminsky was only releasing some details of the vulnerability. People called him names and said unkind things about him.... (posted on 24 Jul 2008 by Andy ITGuy)

24 Jul 2008

Yes, AT&T, we mean you!

There’s little or no excuse for someone as big as AT&T to not be patched yet! Mubix took a shot of his iPhone as proof that AT&T is screwing the pooch on this one. It was suggested recently that the IP shown there might actually be the public IP of the... (posted on 24 Jul 2008 by Network Security Blog)

24 Jul 2008

Horrific DNS vulnerability now exploited

The sky is falling on IT Blogwatch: in which the theoretical DNS vulnerability of two weeks ago is now not-so-theoretical any more. Not to mention the pipetting system boyband (huh?)... Robert McMillan realizes our worst fears: read more (posted on 24 Jul 2008 by IT Blogwatch)

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