Tag Archives: DNS

Protect yourself from a DNS rebinding attack

OpenDNS released a free tool called fixmylinksys.com that lets Linksys users easily change their default password to protect themselves from the [DNS rebinding] hack which Kaminsky explains after the cut….
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Catch-All Email Addresses and Email Spoofing

Email spoofing may occur in different forms, but all have a similar result: a user receives email that appears to have originated from one source when it actually was sent from another source. Email spoofing is often an attempt to trick the user into making a damaging statement or releasing sensitive information (such as passwords).
Examples [...]