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Everything You Need to Know About DNS AttacksIt's important to understand DNS, potential attacks against it, and the tools and techniques required to defend DNS infrastructure. This report answers all the questions you were afraid to ask.
Domain Name Service (DNS) is a critical part of any organization's digital infrastructure, but it's also one of the least understood. DNS is designed to be invisible to business professionals, IT stakeholders, and many security professionals, but DNS's threat surface is large and widely targeted.
Attackers are causing a great deal of damage with an array of attacks such as denial of service, DNS cache poisoning, DNS hijackin, DNS tunneling, and DNS dangling. They are using DNS infrastructure to take control of inbound and outbound communications and preventing users from accessing the applications they are looking for. To stop attacks on DNS, security teams need to shore up the organization's security hygiene around DNS infrastructure, implement controls such as DNSSEC, and monitor DNS traffic
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6/18/2014 | 4:02:21 PM
That said, I still think there is an untapped resource pool out there, and it's one that understandably is tough to figure out. Some companies and the government do this, which is recruit cyber criminals to work for them, sometimes with the benefit of amnesty (if working for the government) or other perks like promise of career advancement that keep the recruits "honest".
There are many talented and well-meaning hackers out there with criminal records. Times change, people change. And in many cases, it is this pool you want to pull from, and not the book-learned pool. The pool of cyber criminals and hacktivists (keep in mind, having a record doesn't always equate to criminal intent; hacktivists are often arrested and they are good people trying to make a difference) hosts intelligent and well-seasoned hackers who have learned and executed skills one may never learn in college or trade schools.
Excellent overview of a solid report, otherwise - can't wait to see the follow-ups.