An zero-day vulnerability in the DNS server service in Windows is under attack, Microsoft warned in a security advisory. The "limited attacks" are exploiting a stack ...

'This vulnerability has been in Microsoft code for more than 17 years; so if we found it, it is not impossible to assume that someone else already found it as well,' says security firm Check Point. A ...

Remote code execution vulnerabilities that affect the core networking components of operating systems are rare these days, but when they happen, the IT industry is put on alert because they are among ...

A public exploit appeared just two days after Microsoft Corp. acknowledged a critical vulnerability in its server software, a change one security company said “greatly increases” the chances of a ...

Microsoft gives the ‘wormable’ flaw a security rating of 10 – the most severe warning possible. A critical Microsoft Windows Server bug opens company networks to hackers, allowing them to potentially ...

A DNS server – short for Domain Name System server – helps your web browser connect to the internet and load websites ...

System admins need to patch servers as quickly as possible System admins need to patch servers as quickly as possible is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things ...

Try using dig instead of nslookup, it will give you more/better information in this kind of situation. The answer being 0.0.0.1 would indicate to me that some thing is configured to intercept your DNS ...

Trying to setup some forwarding for a couple of internal Windows 2003 servers. Currently they have three forwarders. One is a Linux box in the DMZ acting as a name cache server, the other two are ...

Although BIND is still the DNS champ, Windows 2000 DNS is becoming more popular. But what do you do when you need to have both on your network? An interop pro shares how to make it happen—step by step ...

Simple steps can make the difference between losing your online accounts or maintaining what is now a precious commodity: Your privacy. Read now Now resolved as part of Microsoft's Patch Tuesday ...