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Leveraging DNS to Enhance Your Networks Security

PerezBox Security

DNS is the internets lookup table, it builds a bridge between the domain name (e.g., The post Leveraging DNS to Enhance Your Networks Security appeared first on PerezBox. perezbox.com) and the IP address (e.g., 184.24.56.17). The IP address being where you can find.

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What Is Stateful Inspection in Network Security? Ultimate Guide

eSecurity Planet

What Stateful Inspection Defends Against Stateful inspection protects network assets against attacks that attempt to corrupt or abuse processes such as TCP or Domain Name Service (DNS) that don’t check context when they receive data packet instructions. Subscribe The post What Is Stateful Inspection in Network Security?

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NSA, CISA issue guidance on Protective DNS services

SC Magazine

The National Security Agency (NSA) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) released a joint information sheet Thursday that offers guidance on the benefits of using a Protective Domain Name System (PDNS). A PDNS service uses existing DNS protocols and architecture to analyze DNS queries and mitigate threats.

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What is DKIM Email Security Technology? DKIM Explained

eSecurity Planet

A successful DKIM check also verifies ownership of the email by matching the organization in the “from” fields of the email with the DNS associated with the organization. DKIM deploys as text files in an organization’s hosted Domain Name Service (DNS) record, but the standard can be complex to deploy correctly and maintain.

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Explained: Domain fronting

Malwarebytes

For a “normal” connection to a website, a Domian Name System (DNS) finds the IP address for the requested domain name. As I explained in the blog DNS hijacks: what to look for , DNS is the phonebook of the internet to the effect that the input is a name and the output is a number.

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The NSA Wants Businesses to Use DoH. Here’s What You Need to Know.

Webroot

In recent months, you’ve likely heard about DNS over HTTPS , also known as DNS 2.0 and DoH, which is a method that uses the HTTPS protocol to encrypt DNS requests, shielding their contents from malicious actors and others who might misuse such information. Ultimately, this DNS privacy upgrade has been a long time coming.

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New TCP/IP Vulnerabilities Expose IoT, OT Systems

eSecurity Planet

Forescout Research Labs last month released a 14-page white paper and a 47-page research report detailing 33 vulnerabilities affecting millions of Internet of Things (IoT), Operational Technology (OT), and IT devices. Stack components impacted include DNS, IPv6, IPv4, TCP, ICMP, LLMNR, and mDNS. DNS Cache Poisoning: 2.

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