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 …
With DNSSEC, a DNS response now contains not only an answer but also a digital signature over that data made by the private key of the zone where the data originates. Validating this signature requires the zone’s public key – which DNSSEC conveniently stores in the DNS – so obtaining the required key for validation is …
SIDN, the Dutch domain registry, has released a report which reports that the banking sector don’t have adequate DNSSEC security. The DNSSEC Inventory 2017 (currently only in Dutch) describes the DNSSEC security status of the Netherlands’ most important domain names, of which the biggest offenders are the Dutch banking industry. SIDN analysed more than seven …
A new report published State of DNSSEC Deployment 2016 there has been steady and strong growth in both the statistics around DNSSEC signing and validation — and also in the number of tools and libraries available to support DNSSEC. That growth, however, is not evenly distributed. While many separate sites provide DNSSEC statistics, this report that …
By Dan York on CircleID As I was entering in data for the weekly DNSSEC Deployment Maps, I was struck by the fact that we are now at the point where 617 of the 795 top-level domains (TLDs) are now signed with DNSSEC. You can see this easily at Rick Lamb’s DNSSEC statistics site: This …
We were delighted to learn from Garth Miller, the administrative contact for the .CX top-level domain (TLD), that 6 more TLDs have been signed with DNSSECand now have DS records in the root zone. This means that people and businesses with domains registered in these TLDs can now receive the higher level of security possible …
Over 10 years ago, Nii Narku Quaynor has been featured in the internet platform in Africa as an engineer who has played an important role in the introduction and development of the Internet In his country Ghana. He established the computer Science Department at the University of Cape-Coast in Ghana, some of these activities earned …
[news release] The Internet Society today announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Shinkuro and Parsons to collaborate on multiple initiatives to promote the global deployment of Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC). Few technologies are more critical to the operation of the Internet than the DNS, and DNSSEC provides a way to …
DENVER, Feb. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — The biggest brands in e-commerce are overlooking a critical security technology that could reduce the risk of identify theft and credit card fraud, according to an analysis by DNS security company Secure64 Software Corporation. An analysis of the 100 largest e-commerce companies in the United States conducted by the …