DNS is the switchboard of the internet: Type in a text URL like www.pcmag.com, and it finds the numeric IP address to get you there.

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Google has released an OpenDNS and Level 3 DNS lookup service alternative for free. Test all three to see which is better for you.

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Most of us aren't familiar with DNS because it's often handled automatically by our Internet Service Provider (ISP), but it provides an essential function for the web.

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Internet security experts say that misconfigured DSL and cable modems are worsening a well-known problem with the Internet's DNS (domain name system), making it easier for hackers to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against their victims.

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A man has been jailed by the District Court in Adelaide for at least seven years for a violent rape and home invasion more than two decades ago.

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Despite knowing the ways in which DNS hijacking can cause problems for non-Web clients, Comcast has rolled it out in an attempt to make money off misspelled URLs. To make matters worse, opting out is a hassle.

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An angry Comcast Internet subscriber has written a complaint (caution: may not be safe for work) that alleges the provider is intercepting his DNS requests to other, non-Comcast DNS servers and redirecting them to its own.

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On April 2 the giant domain name registrar Register.com suffered an hour or two's worth of DNS problems. Now its confirmed that all thier servers are down, including the www.register.com website itself. Employees of Register.com are still in denial. A DDoS attack may be to blame.

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The largest ISP in Denmark, TDC, has gone to the extreme length of blocking Pirate Bay, the 'world's largest bit torrent tracker'.

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Peptide nucleic acid, a synthetic hybrid of protein and DNA, could form the basis of a new class of drugs—and of artificial life unlike anything found in nature

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Researchers have identified a new trojan that can tamper with a wide array of devices on a local network, an exploit that sends them to impostor websites even if they are hardened machines that are fully patched or run non-Windows operating systems.

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The fingerprints and DNA samples of more than 857,000 innocent citizens who have been arrested or charged but never convicted of a criminal offence now face deletion from the national DNA database after a landmark ruling by the European court of human rights in Strasbourg.

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On a drizzly Sunday afternoon, he flopped down on his bed, flipped open his laptop, and started playing games with DNS. He used a software program called Scapy to fire random queries at the system.

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Blood taken from a pregnant woman may reveal if her baby has a wide range of genetic diseases, researchers claim. A Chinese University of Hong Kong team said the technique could identify cystic fibrosis, beta-thalassemia and sickle cell disease.

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The year in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks can be described pretty simply: Bigger, dumber and more dangerous.

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Had someone with ill intent been as smart or as lucky as security engineer Dan Kaminsky, the entire Internet could have been rendered mostly inoperative. The extent of just how big a fix he implemented, is only now being realized.

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Dan Kaminsky said that the systemic Internet Domain Name System (DNS) vulnerability he discovered some months ago is much more dangerous than most have appreciated. "Every network is at risk," Original Article seeded on this topic. More Articles

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The distance between good intentions and actual results seems to be getting longer and longer.

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All users who connect to Mac OS X-based servers for DNS lookups are at risk: Apple has not yet provided a patch, unlike dozens of other companies that make or distribute operating systems or DNS server software.

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The Web became a substantially more dangerous place this week, thanks largely to the publication of instructions that show cyber criminals how to exploit a pervasive, critical flaw in the Internet infrastructure.

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When Dan Kaminsky disclosed a critical flaw in the net's address lookup system earlier this month, he said it was crucial internet service providers and other organizations install patches immediately. He wasn't kidding.

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A flaw in the Internet Domain Name System found by Dan Kaminsky or IOActive was released in a blog before many IT directors had a chance to apply security patches. The DNS post was removed in minutes, but copies circulated around the Internet.

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Rogers, a huge cable internet provider in Canada, has decided to hijack all unregistered domains, and replace them with Yahoo! advertisements. This means Rogers users who type in a domain that doesn't exist, are now getting Yahoo ads instead of the normal "not found" error.

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An Adelaide taxi driver has been charged with raping a 42-year-old female passenger.

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