DNSSEC fueling new wave of DNS amplification attacks says Nexusguard

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 …

How DNSSEC Works

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 .nl domain registry scathing report on Dutch banks missing DNSSEC

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 …

DNSSEC Deployment 2016 Records Growth

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 …

6 TLDs for Honduras DNSSEC Signed

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 …

Nii Narku Quaynor, Father of Internet, Ghana – The Christmas Tree of African Technical community

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 …

ISOC Collaborates with Steve Crocker’s Shinkuro and Parsons to Promote Global Deployment of DNSSEC

[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 …

Slow Adoption Of DNSSEC Puts Leading E-Commerce Companies At Risk

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 …