A group of attackers managed to compromise 300,000 home and small-office wireless routers, altering their settings to use rogue DNS servers, according to Internet security research organization Team ...

There are several ways to troubleshoot the DNS on your network or device. First, try pinging a domain with its IP address.

Today the FBI pulled the plug on malicious servers handling traffic for computers and systems infected with the DNSChanger malware — and, despite months of warnings plenty of people using infected ...

So I am stumbling a little here. I have a Synology DS 1515+ I want to use as local DNS then forward out for other queries. Seems pretty straight forward setup. But doesn't seem to work like I thought.

DNS-based DDoS amplification attacks are using home and small office routers as a jumping off point. Attackers are taking advantage of weak router configuration and lax policies against open resolvers ...

An ongoing attack in Brazil tricks users into visiting malicious websites that attempt to silently change the Domain Name System settings of their home routers. If the attack is successful, the ...

The Zlob trojan, also known as DNSChanger, has been around for a few years, but recent Zlob variants to appear in the wild attempt to log into routers using a list of default admin/password combos. If ...

A report from Ara Labs points to a novel form of DNS hijacking that's been found in the wild. Instead of directing users to fake sites, the DNS spoofing attack hijacks Google Analytics to inject fake ...

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A group of attackers managed to compromise 300,000 home and small-office wireless routers, altering their settings to use rogue DNS servers, according to Internet security research organization Team ...