DNS resolvers play a key role in converting Web links to IP addresses, acting as a link between your computer and the Internet's DNS infrastructure. A DNS resolver is a local server that stores a ...

The DHS and CISA booth at the 2019 RSA conference in San Francisco. (Scoop News Group photo) The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency wants to limit ransomeware, phishing, botnet and ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

The National Security Agency (NSA) has issued an advisory recommending that enterprises employ only their designated DNS resolver for DNS traffic and avoid third-party resolvers, which could place ...

For some perspective on what 300 Gbps of traffic represents, let’s just pretend that your company, as a potential customer, put this massive volume of bits and bytes in front of 20 of the leading ...

Open and misconfigured DNS (Domain Name System) resolvers are increasingly used to amplify distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, according to a report released Wednesday by HostExploit, an ...

NEW YORK, March 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NS1, the leading provider of application traffic solutions, today announced the publication of its “Global DNS Traffic Report,” which reveals timely ...

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Every time your iPhone reaches for a website, it quietly asks a Domain Name System server to translate a name like example.com into a numeric address. In most cases those DNS lookups travel in the ...

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is preparing to deploy a Protective Domain Name System Resolver Service designed to help federal agencies better detect digital threats without ...