DNS poisoning patch and the big leak!
Earlier in the month (July 2008), it was reported that vendors had released a fix for a then undisclosed problem with DNS. Even now the big ISP players are still dragging feet in terms of this critical patch. They really should hurry up because an attack code has magically appeared on the multi-purpose testing tool, metasploit. Well the reason for this, is the apparent disclosure of the dns issue when the security firm, Matasano leaked information on their site about it, forcing Dan Kaminsky to openly provide details about it.
[...] Looks like it’s in the wild. Following on the release of the DNS vulnerability. [...]
[...] is still backlash from Dan Kaminsky and his DNS poisoning find. There is still concern that apple have not got with the programme still. There appear to have a [...]