Gmail, Netflix and PayPal Users Targeted In DNS Hijacking Campaign

“On Friday (5 April), it emerged that home routers such as those manufactured by D-Link were being targeted by DNS hijacking. Security researchers at Bad Packets identified three waves which took place between December last year and the end of March this year, detailed in a blog.”

April 7, 2019

Ongoing DNS hijacking campaign targeting consumer routers

“Over the last three months, our honeypots have detected DNS hijacking attacks targeting various types of consumer routers. All exploit attempts have originated from hosts on the network of Google Cloud Platform (AS15169).”

April 6, 2019

Cloudflare Adds a Free VPN to its 1.1.1.1 App

“April 1 is usually a day for terrible jokes masquerading as the truth, but Cloudflare says its latest announcement is the real deal. The company has fittingly chosen this hallowed day to announce that its 1.1.1.1 DNS service is getting a new feature: a free VPN. Again, it says this is not a joke.”

April 3, 2019

Performance of Iodine over DNS-over-HTTPS

“Iodine is a DNS-tunnel that can be used to send TCP traffic encapsulated in DNS queries. Sometimes, this helps to bypass captive portals or otherwise restricted networks. In this blogpost I’ll test the performance of using Iodine in combination with DoH (DNS-over-HTTPS).”

March 11, 2019

ICANN: There is an ongoing and significant risk to DNS infrastructure

“The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the organization in charge of the internet’s Domain Name System (DNS) infrastructure, has issued a foreboding warning on Friday about the dangers facing the DNS system.”

February 27, 2019

Now it’s easier to protect your browsing privacy on iOS devices with 1.1.1.1 app

“The gold standard for privacy protection on the Internet is to use a VPN service. This encrypts all traffic so your ISP has no way to know which sites you’re visiting or what you’re doing there. But trustworthy VPNs cost money.”

November 15, 2018

DNS-Over-TLS Built-In & Enforced – 1.1.1.1 and the GL.iNet GL-AR750S

“GL.iNet GL-AR750S in black, same form-factor as the prior white GL.iNet GL-AR750. Credit card for comparison. Back in April, I wrote about how it was possible to modify a router to encrypt DNS queries over TLS using Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 DNS Resolver. For this, I used the GL.”

August 10, 2018

Millions of Roku and Sonos Devices Easily Hacked: What to Do

“Two days ago, we reported that Google Home and Chromecast devices were vulnerable to attacks through regular web browsers running on ordinary computers.”