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How to Prevent DNS Attacks: DNS Security Best Practices

eSecurity Planet

Domain name service (DNS) attacks threaten every internet connection because they can deny, intercept, and hijack connections. With the internet playing an increasing role in business, securing DNS plays a critical role in both operations and security. Everything You Need to Know.

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What Is DNS Security? Everything You Need to Know

eSecurity Planet

DNS security protects the domain name system (DNS) from attackers seeking to reroute traffic to malicious sites. Since a majority of business IT traffic now accesses or passes through the internet, DNS plays an increasingly important — and vulnerable — role.

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The Pivotal Role Protective DNS Plays In Cyber Defense

Security Boulevard

Businesses need to know that pure prevention is in the past and, instead, automatically assume compromised security. Defense in depth and operational resiliency are the future for organizations that want to survive in the new world of cyber threats. But Wait, What Is Protective DNS? For some, it seems like a technical term.

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VulnRecap 2/19/2024: News from Microsoft, Zoom, SolarWinds

eSecurity Planet

Among the vulnerabilities is CVE-2024-21412 , an Internet Shortcut Files flaw that allows an unauthenticated attacker to send a malicious file to a user. It bypasses Internet Shortcut Files’ security measures. The vulnerability, CVE-2020-3259 , was first discovered in May 2020.

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Vulnerability Recap 7/29/24 – Multiple Old Security Flaws Reappear

eSecurity Planet

In the aftermath of CrowdStrike’s unique update failure that sparked a different type of security incident, standard vulnerability disclosures and patches proceed as usual. This week, we also saw some older issues return to light, including an Internet Explorer vulnerability first discovered in 2012.

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Cloudflare One SASE Review & Features 2023

eSecurity Planet

Founded in 2004, Cloudflare initially wanted to determine the source of email spam and became dedicated to building a better, more secure internet. The lowest tier of Cloudflare One provides support for 50 users maximum, 24 hours of activity logging, and up to three network locations for office-based DNS filtering.

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Comparing Top VPN Solutions: SurfShark vs ExpressVPN

eSecurity Planet

ExpressVPN Overview Better for General Security and Privacy Overall Rating: 3.7/5 5 Security and privacy: 4.7/5 5 ExpressVPN is a solution for encrypting and protecting your internet connections. DNS leak protection: ExpressVPN has secure DNS servers that your device uses when ExpressVPN is enabled.

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