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How prevalent is DNS spoofing? Could a repeat of the Dyn/Mirai DDoS attack have the same results?

Two separate groups of academics have recently released research papers based on research into the Domain Name System (DNS). One has found that the overwhelming majority of popular site operators haven’t learned from the 2016 Dyn/Mirai incident/attack and set up a backup DNS server, and the other has shown that the rate of DNS spoofing, though still very small, has more than doubled in less than seven years. DNS dependency Carnegie Mellon University PhD student … More ? The post How prevalent is DNS spoofing? Could a repeat of the Dyn/Mirai DDoS attack have the same results? appeared first on Help Net Security .

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How prevalent is DNS spoofing? Could a repeat of the Dyn/Mirai DDoS attack have the same results?

DNSSEC fueling new wave of DNS amplification attacks

DNS amplification attacks swelled in the second quarter of this year, with the amplified attacks spiking more than 1,000% compared with Q2 2018, according to Nexusguard. Researchers attributed Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) with fueling the new wave of DNS amplification attacks, which accounted for more than 65% of the attacks last quarter according to the team’s evaluation of thousands of worldwide DDoS attacks. DNSSEC was designed to protect applications from using forged or … More ? The post DNSSEC fueling new wave of DNS amplification attacks appeared first on Help Net Security .

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