Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: bind security and bug fix update

An update for bind is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Telco Extended Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Advanc...

United States set to Hand Over Control of the Internet to ICANN Today

Since the foundation of the Internet, a contract has been handed over to the United States Commerce Department under which the department had given authority to regulate the Internet. After 47 years, this contract ends tonight at midnight EDT i.e. Saturday, October 1st, 2016. If you think that th...

Global Internet Authority — ICANN Hacked Again!

ICANN Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers – the organisation responsible for allocating domain names and IP addresses for the Internet – has been hacked, potentially compromising its customers’ names, email addresses, hashed passwords, and more. The US-administered non-profit...

Proposed Change to ICANN Domain Anonymity Rule Worries Privacy Advocates

A proposed change to the way that registrars treat the private contact details for domain owners could make it easier for anyone to get information on people who use proxy services. The potential change comes in the form of a document from a working group of the Generic Names Supporting...

Microsoft Group Policy Flaw Affects All Windows Computers

Enterprises that support remote workers need to prioritize a Microsoft security bulletin released yesterday that addresses a critical vulnerability in Group Policy. The vulnerability exposes Windows machines, all the way back to Windows Server 2003, to man-in-the-middle attacks and remote code...

Global Internet Authority ICANN Has Been Hacked

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ICANN has been hacked by unknown attackers that allowed them to gain administrative access to some of the organization's systems, the organization confirmed. The attackers used "spear phishing" campaign to target sensitive systems operated b...

Attackers Compromise ICANN, Zone Files System

Unknown hackers were able to compromise vital systems belonging to ICANN, the organization that manages the global top-level domain system, and had access to the system that manages the files with data on resolving specific domain names. The attack apparently took place in November and ICANN...

Who Governs The Internet and whose property is it?

The recent exposes and revelations by Edward Snowden about the Top Secret Internet Snooping program currently run by US National Security Agency NSA have shocked the world. The extent of snooping is even more shocking and what has just stunned the world is the sheer name of top Internet companies...

Industry Groups Bid To Control New .Bank And .Insurance TLDs

Two financial industry groups: The American Bankers Association ABA and the Financial Services Roundtable announced on Thursday that they have applied to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ICANN to operate to top level Internet domains, .bank and .insurance, on behalf of the...

New .Secure Global TLD Proposed

A group of security experts is working to put together a new global TLD that will require companies and individuals applying for domains to adhere to strict security policies and requirements. The proposed .secure TLD is intended to be a known safe group of domains and would include mandatory use...

FTC Criticizes ICANN Plan to Expand Domain Names

The Federal Trade Commission FTC is taking aim at a plan by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ICANN to increase the number of domains on the Web. On Dec. 16, the FTC sent a letter to ICANN claiming that expanding the number of generic top-level domains gTLDs would open users...

ICANN Hires Def Con Founder Jeff Moss as Security Chief !

ICANN Hires Def Con Founder Jeff Moss as Security Chief ! Jeff Moss, the hacker better known as "The Dark Tangent," has been named Vice President and Chief Security Officer of ICANN, the non-profit corporation that manages the Internet's names and numbering infrastructure. He is the founder of DE...

Microsoft Builds Legal Weapon to Take Apart Botnets

The take-down of the Rustock botnet in March gave Microsoft another head for its mantle: two in just the last year. That’s an impressive take for any private firm, and one of a string of actions against bot networks in recent years. But security experts say that the company’s success in building ...

DNSSEC Ready for .Com Security Layer

The DNS Security Extensions DNSSEC will be equipped for the “.com” entity by March 31, according to a PCMag.com report. While DNSSEC enhances DNS security as it is, the newly added .com security will act as an extra layer of protection, according to according to Matt Larson, the Vice President of...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2054-1 (bind9)

The remote host is missing an update to bind9 announced via advisory DSA 2054-1. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb20541.nasl 6614 2017-07-07 12:09:12Z cfischer $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 2054-1 bind9 Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2010 E-Soft Inc...

ICANN Appointee: A Focus on Security

This week’s news that former National Cyber Security Center Director Rod Beckstrom was named as the newest president of ICANN – the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the Net’s most influential governing body – is a very encouraging sign that we’re living in an era when issues o...

Leadership needed on DNS security

From Arbor Networks Danny McPherson The DNS system is one of the key underpinnings of the Internet, but because the system isn’t owned by any one entity, no one is responsible for the security of the entire network. The owner of each DNS server secures it as he sees fit, but as the discussions at...