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DNS cache poisoning

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Apr 25, 20051 min

There’s a new type of attack taking place on the Internet and it may be dropping spyware, adware and other malicious code on your machine. The attack, first discovered by the SANS Internet Security Center nearly two months ago, uses “poisoned” DNS servers to redirect unsuspecting users to hacker controlled sites. Here to explain what all this means and how you can protect yourself is Ken Dunham, director of malicious code intelligence at iDefense in Reston, Va.

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