DNS Attacks: How Hackers Break the Internet (and How to Stop Them)

March 22, 2024, 7:09 pm, By Joyeeta Sen Rimpee

Imagine you’re driving to your favorite coffee shop, but someone has swapped the road signs. Instead of turning left, you turn right—and end up in a sketchy alley. That’s essentially what happens during a DNS attack. Hackers manipulate the Domain Name System to.....

The World's Largest DNS Attack: How Hackers Took Down the Internet (and What We Learned)

April 21, 2024, 7:16 pm, By Joyeeta Sen Rimpee

Imagine waking up one morning, grabbing your coffee, and trying to check Twitter—only to find it’s down. You switch to Netflix to relax, but it’s not working either. Even Reddit is offline. What’s going on? Is the internet broken?

On October 21,.....