What is DNSSEC? DNSSEC (short for DNS Security Extensions) adds security to the Domain Name System. DNSSEC was designed to protect the Internet from certain attacks, such as DNS cache poisoning (discovered by Dan Kaminsky). It is a set of extensions to DNS, which provide: [...]
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The internet is filled with threats real and imagined, from malicious hackers to government censors. Beyond the hacks and cracks — and in celebration of Sunshine Week — we’ve compiled a brief list of some of the biggest public and private threats facing the internet. [...]
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Macaulay, a software engineer, was able to hack into a MacBook through a zero-day security hole in Apple’s Safari browser. The computer was one of two offered as a prize in the “PWN to Own” hack-a-Mac contest at the CanSecWest conference in Vancouver. Macaulay teamed [...]
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