ICANN says it won't kick Russia off the internetUkraine had petitioned the non-profit in response to the invasion.By A. Tarantola, 03.03.2022
Facebook explains how its October 4th outage startedWhat should have been routine maintenance turned into something else. By I. Bonifacic, 10.05.2021
Cloudflare outage cuts off connections to Discord, DownDetector and othersRiot Games, Destiny, Patreon, Feedly and Authy are affected too.By R. Lawler, 07.17.2020
Microsoft is patching a dangerous Windows DNS Server exploitSigRed is a dangerous flaw that should be patched immediately. By D. Cooper, 07.14.2020
Comcast is the first ISP to join Mozilla's push for more secure browsingComcast will offer encrypted DNS services through the Firefox maker.By J. Fingas, 06.25.2020
The price of a .com domain is set to rise, and some sellers aren't happyThere are a few days left before its public consultation ends.By D. Cooper, 02.11.2020
Google faces scrutiny from Congress, DOJ over plans to encrypt DNSOfficials are concerned it might give Google an unfair advantage.By J. Fingas, 09.29.2019
Firefox will encrypt web domain name requests by defaultYou can expect to see DNS over HTTPS by the end of September.By J. Fingas, 09.07.2019
Cloudflare's privacy-focused DNS app adds a free VPNWarp is a VPN for your mobile device. By A. Khalid, 04.01.2019
Internet gatekeeper warns of 'ongoing and significant' DNS attacksIt's urging tighter security for web domains.By J. Fingas, 02.24.2019
Cloudflare's privacy-focused 1.1.1.1 service is available on phonesYou can prevent ISPs from tracking much of your mobile browsing.By J. Fingas, 11.11.2018
Hackers steal over $150,000 in cryptocurrency with DNS scamThe scammers used DNS to reroute users to insecure websites.By S. Krishna, 04.25.2018
Cloudflare makes it harder for ISPs to track your web historyIts new DNS service promises to be faster, too.By J. Fingas, 04.01.2018
BitTorrent client exploits could let rogue websites control your PCFixes are rolling out shortly.By J. Fingas, 02.21.2018
Blizzard games were vulnerable to a remote hijacking exploit'Overwatch,' 'World of Warcraft' and other titles were affected.By J. Fingas, 01.23.2018
Android is getting a feature that encrypts website name requestsSupport for DNS over TLS will encrypt DNS requests and prevent hackers from spying on a site's traffic.By S. Shah, 10.23.2017
Facebook and Instagram go down for Virgin Media customersThe broadband provider says it hopes to have everything fixed by this evening.By M. Brian, 04.12.2017
Trojan uses a key internet feature to receive marching ordersYou can't easily stop this malware in its tracks.By J. Fingas, 03.06.2017
When vending machines attack (a university)But everything is fine, just fine, great even. By V. Blue, 02.17.2017