Number of Rogue DNS Servers on the Rise

bosoxsux writes "Rogue DNS servers are an increasingly popular tool for scam artists, according to a new report. Their numbers are on the rise, in part because they're difficult for antivirus software to deal with. 'There are now approximately 68,000 rogue DNS servers across the Internet, The authenticity of the sites such servers redirect to varies greatly, from near-perfect copies to laughably bad, but the problem they represent is quite serious. Once an end user's computer has been modified to use a poisoned DNS server, the system can be directed to any fake web site the malware author feels like serving up.'"

Comments

Huh?

[JK_the_Slacker]

You can run Rogue on a DNS server? Sweet! I know what I'm doing this weekend...

Re:Huh?

[Ambiguous Puzuma]

It probably requires a net hack.

Worrying news FTA

[Waffle Iron]

The spoof sites run the gamut. Some are stunningly convincing, others amusingly bogus with spelling errors and typos.

Now I'm afraid that I'm a victim of this scam. It looks like this "Slashdot" site I've been using could actually be nothing more than a bad spoof...

Waiting for the Worms

[Gary W. Longsine]

Ooooh, you cannot reach me now
Ooooh, no matter how you try
Goodbye, cruel 'Net, it's over
Surf on by.

Sitting in a bunker here behind fire-wall
Waiting for the worms to come.
In perfect isolation here behind fire-wall
Waiting for the worms to come.

We're {waiting to succeed} and going to convene outside Pharmington
Dot Com where we're going to be...

Waiting to infect their PC.
Waiting to read all their e-mail.
Waiting to follow the worms.
Waiting to set up fake bank sites.
Waiting to update the rootkits.
Waiting to smash in their windows
And change their config.
Waiting for the final solution
To "clean up" this strain.
Waiting to follow the worms.
Waiting to gather their idents
And pretend to be them.

Waiting for windows based desktops
and laptops and cell phones.
Waiting to follow the worms.

Would you like to see deposits
bank, again, my friend?
All you have to do is follow the worms.
Would you like to send your credit rating
Home to me, my friend?

All you need to do is follow the worms.

DNS is obviously a failure....

[BuhDuh]

and should be ditched immediately. It's insecure and slow. We should all go back to remembering the dot-quads of the sites we know are safe, the way it was in the good old days.

Re:DNS is obviously a failure....

[rewt66]

*cough*ARP poisoning*cough*

Re:if I were to own a rogue DNS server

[Lobster Quadrille]

I do not use a mainstream AV program (i.e. Norton or McAfee) - I use Avira Antivir. Just a thought, but maybe they know what AV software you use because you posted it on slashdot.