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  2. DNS hijacking - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_hijacking

    DNS hijacking, DNS poisoning, or DNS redirection is the practice of subverting the resolution of Domain Name System (DNS) queries. [1] This can be achieved by malware that overrides a computer's TCP/IP configuration to point at a rogue DNS server under the control of an attacker, or through modifying the behaviour of a trusted DNS server so that it does not comply with internet standards.

  3. DNS spoofing - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_spoofing

    DNS spoofing, also referred to as DNS cache poisoning, is a form of computer security hacking in which corrupt Domain Name System data is introduced into the DNS resolver's cache, causing the name server to return an incorrect result record, e.g. an IP address. This results in traffic being diverted to any computer that the attacker chooses.

  4. DNS blocking - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_blocking

    Domain Name System blocking, or DNS blocking / filtering, is a strategy for making it difficult for users to locate specific domains or websites on the Internet. It was first introduced in 1997 as a means to block spam email from known malicious IP addresses .

  5. Pharming - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharming

    [citation needed] Pharming can be conducted either by changing the hosts file on a victim's computer or by exploitation of a vulnerability in DNS server software. DNS servers are computers responsible for resolving Internet names into their real IP addresses. Compromised DNS servers are sometimes referred to as "poisoned". Pharming requires ...

  6. Man-in-the-middle attack - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-in-the-middle_attack

    DNS Spoofing/Poisoning: Redirects DNS queries to malicious servers, leading victims to fake websites. Session Hijacking: Steals session cookies or tokens to impersonate a legitimate user in an active session. Man-in-the-Browser : Malware alters browser activity, intercepting or manipulating transactions in real-time.

  7. Domain Name System - Wikipedia

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    A DNS name server is a server that stores the DNS records for a domain; a DNS name server responds with answers to queries against its database. The most common types of records stored in the DNS database are for start of authority ( SOA ), IP addresses ( A and AAAA ), SMTP mail exchangers (MX), name servers (NS), pointers for reverse DNS ...

  8. DNS rebinding - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_rebinding

    DNS rebinding is a method of manipulating resolution of domain names that is commonly used as a form of computer attack. In this attack, a malicious web page causes visitors to run a client-side script that attacks machines elsewhere on the network.

  9. Spoofing attack - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoofing_attack

    Many of the protocols in the TCP/IP suite do not provide mechanisms for authenticating the source or destination of a message, [2] leaving them vulnerable to spoofing attacks when extra precautions are not taken by applications to verify the identity of the sending or receiving host.