{"id":1105,"date":"2008-07-24T12:27:25","date_gmt":"2008-07-24T16:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theforcefield.net\/podcast\/alert-dns-attack-code-released-1079\/"},"modified":"2008-07-24T12:27:25","modified_gmt":"2008-07-24T16:27:25","slug":"alert-dns-attack-code-released-1079","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theforcefield.net\/podcast\/alert-dns-attack-code-released-1079\/","title":{"rendered":"Alert: DNS attack code released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theforcefield.net\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"The Force Field\">TheForceField.Net<\/a> ) July 24,2008 &#8212; DNS attack code that exploits the DNS vulnerability found and patched earlier this month was released yesterday on Metasploit. The code was released by the developers of the Metasploit hacking toolkit.<\/p>\n<p>The bug was discovered by Dan Kaminsky of IOActive, Inc. and announced to the  public earlier this month after a patch was created with the rare co-operation  of major software vendors. <\/p>\n<p>The code allows hackers to launch undetectable attacks on users of ISPs that have not patched their servers. The code can also be used to redirect Internet users to phony software update servers to download and install malware.<\/p>\n<p> Security experts are warning everyone to patch immediately. To check the vulnerability of your ISP or DNS server go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doxpara.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.doxpara.com\">http:\/\/www.doxpara.com<\/a> .If your ISP has not patched or is vulnerable you can use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opendns.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"OpenDNS\">OpenDNS<\/a>  . <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theforcefield.tradepub.com\/free\/w_swm02\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Free Subscription to Security Source\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/ads\/security%20source.png\" alt=\"Security Source\" title=\"Free Subscription to Security Source\" width=\"480\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a> <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(TheForceField.Net ) July 24,2008 &#8212; DNS attack code that exploits the DNS vulnerability found and patched earlier this month was released yesterday on Metasploit. 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