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Use of Rogue DNS Servers on Rise

2008-02-15 02:20:08 by Editor in Digg / Security

They're called "servers that lie." Mendacious machines controlled by hackers that reroute Internet traffic from infected computers to fraudulent Web sites are increasingly being used to launch attacks, according to a paper published this week by researchers with the Georgia Institute of Technology and Google Inc

Tags: reroute internet traffic, fraudulent web sites, launch attacks, georgia institute, servers, mendacious machines, google, week, researchers

Grayware?

2007-03-07 07:11:45 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security

...reroute DNS requests to a malicious DNS server Plugins: Plugin grayware applications are designed to add additional programs or features to an existing application in an attempt to control, record, and send browsing preferences or other information back to an external destination Network management: Network management tools are grayware...