Farsight Security has announced that its DNSDB product now contains over 100 billion records, up from 35 billion in 2014. The database logs internet domain names, and CEO of Farsight, Paul Vixie, highlights that cyber criminals frequently abuse the domain name system to commit attacks. In related news, it is predicted that denial-of-service attacks using the internet of things and pre-planted malware will increase in 2017. Cyber security investigators can use DNS records to speed up their response.
Sony Investigating Potential Data Breach
Sony is investigating a potential data leak on the dark web by two alleged online actors: Ransomed and MajorNelson. Based on a 2GB data sample,
