In a twist on distributed denial-of-service attacks, cybercriminals are using DNS servers -- the phonebooks of the Internet -- to amplify their assaults and disrupt online business.
The same technology that allows Web surfers to locate and connect to computers on the Internet can be used to create covert communications channels, bypass security measures and store distributed content, a security researcher said Saturday.
Yet another vulnerability has been found in BIND, the domain name server (DNS) software distributed by ISC, according to an advisory released by a Brazilian research organization, CAIS.
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