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As predicted, the critical and easily exploitable flaw that affects all versions of BIND, the most widely used DNS software on the Internet, has started being exploited by attackers.
The CVE-2015-5477 flaw allows them to mount Denial of Service attacks against websites and other services.
"DNS is one of the most critical parts of the Internet infrastructure, so having your DNS go down also means your email, HTTP and all other services will be unavailable," Sucuri Security CTO Daniel Cid explained and advised administrators to patch their DNS servers.
Learn more:
http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=BIND
As predicted, the critical and easily exploitable flaw that affects all versions of BIND, the most widely used DNS software on the Internet, has started being exploited by attackers.
The CVE-2015-5477 flaw allows them to mount Denial of Service attacks against websites and other services.
"DNS is one of the most critical parts of the Internet infrastructure, so having your DNS go down also means your email, HTTP and all other services will be unavailable," Sucuri Security CTO Daniel Cid explained and advised administrators to patch their DNS servers.
Learn more:
http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=BIND