“If you think about Internet threats like phishing and botnets and malware — all of those start with a DNS — a domain name system. And so every kind of nefarious act leaves footprints and fingerprints in the DNS. That’s something that cannot be faked,” said Farsight Security COO Alexa Raad. For example, “a lot of the new domain names that are registered are typically registered with bad intent, meaning criminals are going to use them to commit some sort of act, like phishing attacks, etc.”
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Farsight Security COO Alexa Raad: ‘Be Your Own Champion’
Posted by: Vivian Wagner August 14, 2018 09:20 AM“If you think about Internet threats like phishing and botnets and malware — all of those start with a DNS — a domain name system. And so every kind of nefarious act leaves footprints and fingerprints in the DNS. That’s something that cannot be faked,” said Farsight Security COO Alexa Raad. For example, “a lot of the new domain names that are registered are typically registered with bad intent, meaning criminals are going to use them to commit some sort of act, like phishing attacks, etc.”