FYI...
DNS hijacks ...
- http://h-online.com/-1336589
5 September 2011 - "A number of popular web sites were hit by a DNS hijack attack; The Daily Telegraph, UPS, The Register, National Geographic, Vodafone, Betfair and Acer were all affected. By modifying the DNS records for the sites, rather than directly attacking them, visitors to the sites were redirected to a site by "TurkGuvenligi" which declares "h4ck1n9 is not a cr1m3". Some of the sites shut down password protected services during the attack to ensure that users attempting to log in were not compromised. Correct DNS records have now been generated and have been propagating in the DNS system overnight..."
> http://zone-h.org/news/id/4741
"... all use NetNames as their registrar. It appears that the turkish attackers managed to hack into the DNS panel of NetNames using an SQL injection..."
- http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011...ister-ups-etc/
September 4, 2011
- http://blog.sucuri.net/2011/09/ascio...nd-others.html
September 4, 2011