Infoblox has just launched the latest iteration of its partner program across the globe that allows resellers to benefit more.

Over the next few years, internet connectivity is likely to change, and the outcome will lead to two divergent futures.

While being the generally nefarious and curious people that we are - we noticed some further interesting interpolation operators, which could potentially be abused by an attacker and had not been patched out.

Greg Clark comments, says, "This combination enhances the security of certificate validation and enables the automation of future validations."

Following a six-hour outage on Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, bringing millions of digital lives to a halt, criticism of the company has been widespread. 

By adopting a DevOps approach to their work, IT teams can achieve better optimised applications and consistent, reliable performance for end users.

The vulnerability, called TsuNAME, was noticed in February 2020 in the .nz registry.

The ways in which bad actors can use DNS to mount attacks are numerous. Here are some of the most popular ones.

“What is most attacked, or hardest to defend, is not always the same."

With more people shopping online than ever before amid the COVID-19 pandemic, 78% of cybersecurity professionals said they expect to see an increase in DNS-related security threats over the next month.

Those using the Verisign Public DNS will be migrated to Neustar’s infrastructure ‘in a process that will be fully transparent to them’, Neustar states.

The total number of certificates using lookalike domains is more than 400% greater than the number of authentic retail domains.

Palo Alto is calling it the ‘fastest-ever next-generation firewall’ with integrated cloud-based DNS Security service to stop attacks.

New data indicates attackers preyed on the large attack surface of ASN-level communications service providers with a ‘bit-and-piece’ approach.

By securing your network at the DDI level, you can prevent DNS attacks, data exfiltration, and put a barrier around every connected device.

Infoblox has been the market-leading provider of DDI management for years. Now, thanks to their extensive R&D, they have taken it to the cloud.

Being such an integral part of the internet infrastructure makes DNS a popular target for cyber criminals looking to attack organisational networks and data.

With the explosion of cyber-security attacks, what is the best way of determining which websites are good and which are bad?

"Every cloud service should be this easy," said Citrix's Cloud App Delivery Group chief, Bill Burley.

Facebook has been plagued with outages over the last few days, crashing twice within 24 hours.

The recent hacking of the Domainz registry may have looked like a storm in a teacup, but the  implications for the security of Web sites are much larger.

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