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| AUGUST 7, 2008 |
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The Domain Name System (DNS) flaw was figured out and spread online within
two weeks of the patch's release and US telecom giant AT&T was the first
confirmed victim of an attack.
Kaminsky said that while businesses are still hustling to protect their Internet
traffic, only 15 percent Fortune 500 companies have "done nothing" to defend
their computers.
"How do you force a server to 1.badguy.com?" Kaminsky asked rhetorically as
he addressed the crowd.
"Oh, let me count the ways. God, it's good to be finally able to talk about this
stuff."
Kaminsky stumbled upon the DNS vulnerability about seven months ago and
reached out to industry giants to collaborate on a solution.
DNS is used by every computer that links to the Internet and works similar to a
telephone system routing calls to proper numbers, in this case the online
numerical addresses of websites.
The vulnerability allows "cache poisoning" attacks that tinker with data stored in
computer memory caches that relay Internet traffic to its destination.
two weeks of the patch's release and US telecom giant AT&T was the first
confirmed victim of an attack.
Kaminsky said that while businesses are still hustling to protect their Internet
traffic, only 15 percent Fortune 500 companies have "done nothing" to defend
their computers.
"How do you force a server to 1.badguy.com?" Kaminsky asked rhetorically as
he addressed the crowd.
"Oh, let me count the ways. God, it's good to be finally able to talk about this
stuff."
Kaminsky stumbled upon the DNS vulnerability about seven months ago and
reached out to industry giants to collaborate on a solution.
DNS is used by every computer that links to the Internet and works similar to a
telephone system routing calls to proper numbers, in this case the online
numerical addresses of websites.
The vulnerability allows "cache poisoning" attacks that tinker with data stored in
computer memory caches that relay Internet traffic to its destination.
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