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Cybersecurity: India biggest nation with DNS hijacks
| India has emerged as the largest country which has witnessed infections via DNS hijacks in 2015, according to F-Secure danger round-up report. The report details the trends and events in global cyber dangers that strike companies and consumers last year and said the majority of the observed hijacks in 2015 happened in Italy and Poland, followed by Egypt, Sweden, and India. It said although domain name system (DNS) hijacks are a frequent form of attack in today’s threat landscape, a significant spike in these types of hijacks was found during the spring and summer months of 2015, especially April through August. DNS hijacks’ basic purpose would be to change the DNS settings of their goals manipulate or as a way to track internet traffic. The report said various security flaws can lead to these DNS hijacks, including poor passwords, software vulnerabilities or malware. |
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