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Apple update finally fixes important DNS bug

Apple has released a security update for its Mac OS X operating system, fixing a critical Internet security flaw that the company had failed to properly patch in late July.

| News | Operating systems | Security | 09/15/08 at 8:39 pm |


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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.

| News | Security | 08/21/08 at 10:22 am |


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New exploit poisons patched DNS servers, claims researcher

Patches meant to fix a flaw in the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS) don't completely protect the Web's traffic cop from attack, a Russian research claimed Friday.

| News | Security | 08/11/08 at 1:44 pm |


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Kaminsky: Many ways to attack with DNS

There were 6 a.m. calls from Finnish certificate authorities and also some pretty harsh words from his peers in the security community, even an accidentally leaked Black Hat presentation, but after managing the response to one of the most highly publicized Internet flaws in recent memory, Dan Kaminsky said Wednesday that he'd do it all over again.

| News | Networking | Security | 08/07/08 at 9:08 am |


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