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What is a DNS server? How Domain Name System servers connect you to the internet
A DNS server - short for Domain Name System server - helps your web browser connect to the internet…
Dave Johnson
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Security flaw found in Windows DNS, Microsoft releases patch
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) Microsoft has released a patch after researchers from cybersecurity firm …
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Cisco pays $635 million for a security company with 50 million users
When you type a website name (like businessinsider.com) into your Internet browser (like Google Chr…
Matt Weinberger
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Internet pioneer Paul Vixie thinks we're giving up both privacy and speed thanks to the way we've configured our internet connections
The round-trip time required to send an alphabetic address up to some organization's DNS server, ha…
Troy Wolverton
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'Google, this is bogus as hell' - one of the fathers of the internet blasts Google for how Chromecast behaves on his home network
DNS turns the words you type into your browser, like businessinsider.com, in the numerical internet…
Julie Bort
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One of the most popular services people use to access Netflix overseas is spamming users with demanding ads
Of course, Netflix doesn't encourage use of DNS (domain name system) blockers like ViperDNS or VPNs…
Lara O'Reilly
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There's a major problem with the internet that's preventing websites from loading
Starting at 11:10 UTC on October 21th-Friday 2016 we began monitoring and mitigating a DDoS attack …
Kif Leswing
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This Guy Was Fired As CEO From His Own Company, Worked His Way Back, And Just Raised $35 Million
It has created two cloud services, one called Umbrella and other called Security Graph. Combined wi…
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How The Syrian Electronic Army Hacked Twitter, Huffington Post, And The New York Times Yesterday
By severing the NYT's connection to DNS, the only way anyone could actually access the site was by …
Dylan Love
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Free internet security solutions during lockdown period
"We have developed this Internet Security product whichgoes in line with our government policy - Be…
PTI
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The internet is still actually controlled by 14 people who hold 7 secret keys
The physical keys unlock safe deposit boxes. Inside those boxes are smart key cards. It takes multi…
Julie Bort
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Hackers Controlled The New York Times By Hacking A Website In Australia
Apparently, the group gained control of the Times' domain name registrar, Melbourne IT. A domain na…
Julie Bort
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A lot of websites are down
Akamai, a cloud-services company, said in a statement that it is investigating an emerging issue wi…
Allana Akhtar
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How to fix 504 gateway timeout errors, the common message you receive when a webpage won't load
A 504 gateway timeout error is an error that arises when a website server times out trying to conta…
Dave Johnson
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What you need to know about the John Durham filing that Trumpworld is fuming over
Trump renewed his allegations of illegal spying based on a new John Durham filing. But the facts &m…
Sonam Sheth
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China Has Massive Internet Breakdown Reportedly Caused By Their Own Censoring Tools
Web users in the country -- which tightly restricts internet access -- had trouble accessing numero…
Agence France Presse
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People Who Tried To Connect To Downed New York Times Site Were Exposed To Malware
At the registry, Verisign rolled back changes to the name servers and added a so-called registry lo…
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He sold his last company to Cisco for $635 million. Now, he's the newest investor with Andreessen Horowitz
As both an entrepreneur and an advisor, Casado praises Ulevitch as "kind of [embodying] the ethos o…
Matt Weinberger
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Apple was hit with temporary outages in several online services and at retail locations
Some users suffered outages with various Apple services, such as Apple Music and the App Store, on …
Gabrielle Bienasz
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The Strange Story Of How Microsoft Seized A Big Chunk Of The Internet, Then Broke It
"Microsoft took steps to disrupt a cyber-attack that surreptitiously installed malware on millions …