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DNS disaster: first attacks reported

The first attacks that are likely to have stemmed from a serious Domain Name System flaw have been reported. Dan Kaminsky (Credit: Kaminsky’s blog) The existence of the Domain Name

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What is DNS hijacking?

DNS hijacking is the process of altering the name server records and redirecting the users to a bogus website. As everyone knows every domain name depends on its name server

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Koobface; The Facebook virus. Latest in the list of social networking virus

Virus developers are still targeting social networking users to distribute the virus. The “friendly nature” of the social networking sites makes it easier to spread the worm quickly. Most users

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