Post by MidgardDragon on Aug 2, 2008 21:12:39 GMT -5
This is a pretty big deal, for any of you that don't know about it. All you need to do to keep yourself safe is make sure you install the latest patches from Windows Update (or whatever other kind of updates if you use a Mac), and if anything ever comes up from your ISP saying to update/patch, do so.
www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/DNS-Flaw-Leaves-Major-Internet-Security-Hole/
There's a little of technical mumbo-jumbo, but here's the part that should scare you:
Scary thought, eh? Anyway, just 'cause I'd hate to see everyone clicking here and ending up at www.iwantyourcreditcardnumber.com or whatever. It's pretty standard tech advice, but as always: keep your machines up to date via Windows Update or whatever other updates come on your computer.
www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/DNS-Flaw-Leaves-Major-Internet-Security-Hole/
There's a little of technical mumbo-jumbo, but here's the part that should scare you:
"It's the kind of a flaw that would allow an attacker to, say … go after your ISP, and if somebody dialed in, or wanted to go to Google.com, they could redirect them to pretty much any place they wanted."
Scary thought, eh? Anyway, just 'cause I'd hate to see everyone clicking here and ending up at www.iwantyourcreditcardnumber.com or whatever. It's pretty standard tech advice, but as always: keep your machines up to date via Windows Update or whatever other updates come on your computer.
