Laredo Morning Times

What is DNS? A computer engineer explains this foundational piece of the web – and why it’s the internet’s Achilles’ heel

(THE CONVERSATION) When millions of people suddenly couldn’t load familiar websites and apps during the Amazon Web Services, or AWS, outage on Oct. 20, 2025, the affected servers weren’t actually down ...
CBS News

DNS Changer Malware: What To Do If Your Computer Is Infected With Virus

CHICAGO (CBS)-- A computer virus exposed by the FBI last year could affect your access to the Internet starting Monday. Agents arrested the people behind the virus in 2011. The malware was first ...
ABC News

DNS Changer Malware: What to Do If Your Computer's Hit

July 8, 2012 — -- Planning on using the Internet Monday? You might want to join the thousands of people who are checking their computers to make sure they won't lose connection. The FBI's ...
The Telegraph

What is DNS? A computer engineer explains this foundational piece of the web – and why it’s the internet’s Achilles’ heel

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Doug Jacobson, Iowa State University (THE CONVERSATION) When millions of people ...
ABC News

DNS Changer Malware: What to Do If Your Computer's Hit

July 6, 2012— -- The FBI's temporary Internet servers will go dark Monday, leaving thousands of unsuspecting malware-infected individuals without online access. What temporary Internet servers, ...