DNS Upgrade Halts Spotlight Cyber Threats for Fortune 1000 Companies

Companies rushed to upgrade Domain Name System software after warnings were issued in late January about a flaw in widely used DNS software. In the past weeks, however, upgrading has come to a halt, concludes the Iceland DNS consultancy and software . . .

Companies rushed to upgrade Domain Name System software after warnings were issued in late January about a flaw in widely used DNS software. In the past weeks, however, upgrading has come to a halt, concludes the Iceland DNS consultancy and software firm Men & Mice.

Men & Mice tested the DNS systems for the Web sites of Fortune 1000 companies and random, .com domains at set dates after the alerts were released. The results were made public on the company's site. The Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) at Carnegie Mellon University, meanwhile, said this week that it has begun receiving reports of Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) holes being successfully exploited.

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