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==Attack on NetNames DNS Servers==

==Attack on NetNames DNS Servers==

On September 4, 2011, the [[DNS]] Servers of NetNames were attacked by Turkish hackers, who redirected the traffic of websites including Acer, [[Adobe]], Coca-Cola, [[Dell]], Harvard University, Interpol, [[F-Secure]],  [[Microsoft]], Secunia, UPS, The Register,  The Daily Telegraph, and others. One source notes that around 186 sites were affected,<ref>[http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Attack-on-NetNames-DNS-Servers-Shifts-Web-Traffic-Away-From-Major-Web-Sites-199106/ Secuirty Attack on NetNames DNS Servers Shifts Web Traffic Away From Major Sites, eWeek.com]</ref> though NetNames' own press release pegs it as "a very small number".<ref>[http://www.netnames.co.uk/resources/news/2011/netnames-dns-security-update NetNames DNS Security Update, NetNames.co.uk]</ref><ref>[<ref>[http://www.zone-h.org/archive/notifier=Turkguvenligi.info/page=1 Zone-H]</ref> The culprits redirected the sites to a black page with the message, '''"Hacking is not a crime…We TurkGuvengligi declare this day as World Hackers Day – Have fun."'''<REF>[http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/09/04/dns-hack-hits-popular-websites-telegraph-register-ups-etc/ DNS hack hits popular websites: Daily Telegraph, The Register, UPS, etc]</ref>

On September 4, 2011, the [[DNS]] Servers of NetNames were attacked by Turkish hackers, who redirected the traffic of websites including Acer, [[Adobe]], Coca-Cola, [[Dell]], Harvard University, Interpol, [[F-Secure]],  [[Microsoft]], Secunia, UPS, The Register,  The Daily Telegraph, and others. One source notes that around 186 sites were affected,<ref>[http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Attack-on-NetNames-DNS-Servers-Shifts-Web-Traffic-Away-From-Major-Web-Sites-199106/ Secuirty Attack on NetNames DNS Servers Shifts Web Traffic Away From Major Sites, eWeek.com]</ref> though NetNames' own press release pegs it as "a very small number".<ref>[http://www.netnames.co.uk/resources/news/2011/netnames-dns-security-update NetNames DNS Security Update, NetNames.co.uk]</ref><ref>[http://www.zone-h.org/archive/notifier=Turkguvenligi.info/page=1 Zone-H]</ref> The culprits redirected the sites to a black page with the message, '''"Hacking is not a crime…We TurkGuvengligi declare this day as World Hackers Day – Have fun."'''<REF>[http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/09/04/dns-hack-hits-popular-websites-telegraph-register-ups-etc/ DNS hack hits popular websites: Daily Telegraph, The Register, UPS, etc]</ref>

According to NetNames, the hackers used SQL injection and were able to get access to certain information allowing them to submit a  re-delegation order to the NetNames System to change the address of the master DNS servers. This enabled the affected name servers to serve incorrect DNS data and redirected the web traffics to the hacker's Turkguvenligi page. NetNames resolved the issues after a few hours and the company disabled one account that had been compromised by the attack.<ref>[http://www.netnames.co.uk/resources/news/2011/netnames-dns-security-update NetNames DNS Security Update]</ref><ref>[http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Attack-on-NetNames-DNS-Servers-Shifts-Web-Traffic-Away-From-Major-Web-Sites-199106/ Attack on NetNames DNS Servers Shifts Web Traffic Away From Major Websites]</ref>

According to NetNames, the hackers used SQL injection and were able to get access to certain information allowing them to submit a  re-delegation order to the NetNames System to change the address of the master DNS servers. This enabled the affected name servers to serve incorrect DNS data and redirected the web traffics to the hacker's Turkguvenligi page. NetNames resolved the issues after a few hours and the company disabled one account that had been compromised by the attack.<ref>[http://www.netnames.co.uk/resources/news/2011/netnames-dns-security-update NetNames DNS Security Update]</ref><ref>[http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Attack-on-NetNames-DNS-Servers-Shifts-Web-Traffic-Away-From-Major-Web-Sites-199106/ Attack on NetNames DNS Servers Shifts Web Traffic Away From Major Websites]</ref>