unbound: novel ghost domain attack that allows attackers to trigger continued resolvability of malicious domain names

A flaw was found in Unbound, which is vulnerable to a novel type of "ghost domain names" attack. The vulnerability works by targeting an Unbound instance. Unbound is queried for a subdomain of a rogue domain name. The rogue nameserver returns delegation information for the subdomain that updates...

unbound: novel ghost domain attack that allows attackers to trigger continued resolvability of malicious domain names

A flaw was found in Unbound, which is vulnerable to a novel type of "ghost domain names" attack. The vulnerability works by targeting an Unbound instance. Unbound is queried for a subdomain of a rogue domain name. The rogue nameserver returns delegation information for the subdomain that updates...

USN-5569-1 unbound vulnerabilities

Xiang Li discovered that Unbound incorrectly handled delegation caching. A remote attacker could use this issue to keep rogue domain names resolvable long after they have been revoked...

Ad-Blocking Chrome Extension Caught Injecting Ads in Google Search Pages

A new deceptive ad injection campaign has been found leveraging an ad blocker extension for Google Chrome and Opera web browsers to sneakily insert ads and affiliate codes on websites, according to new research from cybersecurity firm Imperva. The findings come following the discovery of rogue...