Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Hosting Provider DNS hijacking

Hosting provider LeaseWeb falls victim to DNS hijacking | PCWorld: " . . . LeaseWeb is still investigating how attackers managed to change the DNS records for its domain name, but it appears that they gained access to the domain administrator password at the domain registrar from which LeaseWeb bought its domain. Spear phishing might have been a part of the attack, but at this point the investigation is ongoing so there’s no definitive answer, Alex de Joode, senior legal counsel of LeaseWeb, said (last) Monday via email. . . ." (read more at link above)

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