{"id":2755,"date":"2016-01-20T16:14:32","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T16:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-infoblox-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=2755"},"modified":"2020-05-06T10:30:05","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T17:30:05","slug":"how-vulnerable-is-your-dns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/company\/how-vulnerable-is-your-dns\/","title":{"rendered":"How Vulnerable Is Your DNS?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019re worried about the vulnerability of your Domain Name System (DNS) infrastructure, it\u2019s warranted. According to the Infoblox DNS Threat Index Q3 2015 Report, hackers created a whopping 75 percent more exploit kits than the year previously. Angler was one of those.<\/p>\n

Recently a major British newspaper with hundreds of millions of monthly visits to its website was hit with Angler, resulting in malicious ads being displayed to its readers for a few days, and potentially exposing many visitors to infection if they clicked on the ads. Because exploit kits are best at taking advantage of zero-day vulnerabilities, they can be a leading vehicle for dropping malware that attempts data exfiltration. Furthermore, advanced persistent threats (APTs) and malware rely on DNS, a ubiquitous yet often overlooked protocol, to communicate with their command and control or botnet server.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why networking and security teams need to go beyond traditional perimeter defenses to address what happens once malware gets inside the network. Taking a DNS-centric approach to security can help address the variety and sophistication of threats aimed at taking down network infrastructure and stealing data.<\/p>\n

Join us January 27th at 10 a.m. Pacific\/1 p.m. Eastern for a new webinar,\u00a0Why You Should Take DNS as a Threat Vector Seriously<\/a>, to learn about:<\/p>\n