Earlier this week, the security community learned that CVE-2012-4681, a recent Java-based zero-day vulnerability, is being leveraged to attack client machines, and fear it will cause large-scale infections soon. The vulnerability…
A note from Founder / CEO David Ulevitch: Building a world-class technology company isn’t just about hiring the best executives or engineers, although certainly that’s part of it. It’s also about creating an environment where…
It’s no secret that libraries love OpenDNS. You’ve likely heard us mention the Ohio Public Library Information Network, the organization that’s using OpenDNS Enterprise to centralize security for all of Ohio’s libraries. Or…
Jerry Gamblin is a network security specialist who works for the Missouri House of Representatives and gives presentations around the world on Internet security. We’ve had the pleasure of working with Jerry for several years, as…
A group of hackers, who identified themselves as Clan Vv3, recently hacked into Wired journalist Mat Honan’s iCloud account with the help of Apple Support. Pretending to be Honan, the hackers contacted AppleCare support to reset…
Ask a Canadian, Midwesterner or East Coaster about their favorite place to grab breakfast on-the-go, and they just might say Tim Hortons, as the company has more than 3,600 restaurants in Canada and the U.S. Tim Hortons gives…
Big Data
There are hundreds of millions of domains registered on the Internet’s authoritative DNS name servers. And hundreds of thousands new or modified registrations occur every day. Some of these are legitimate, but many are…
If you’ve caught the recent posts from our security team on malware and botnet activity, you know OpenDNS has an inside-view of how these malicious threats are operating and proliferating. Now, we’d like to invite you to take a…
AT&T suffered a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on its DNS servers Wednesday, causing intermittent Internet service disruptions for its paying business customers. However, the thousands of businesses using…
Summer is the perfect time for travel. The kids are out of school, the weather is beautiful, and it’s a great time to escape and get some much-needed R&R. But if your vacations are anything like ours, the smartphones,…
