Use of Rogue DNS Servers on Rise

February 13, 2008 By JORDAN ROBERTSON, AP Technology Writer

(AP) -- They're called "servers that lie." Mendacious machines controlled by hackers that reroute Internet traffic from infected computers to fraudulent Web sites are increasingly being used to launch attacks, according to a paper published this week by researchers with the Georgia Institute of Technology and Google Inc.

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nilbud - Feb 13, 2008
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"servers that lie" err who would ever call them that unless they travel by little yellow bus. Servers that lie make us unhappy because lying is baad. What retard phrase next, "funds terrorism" or "makes baby jesus cry".
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Slick - Feb 14, 2008
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What does this mean? "Once a computer's been infected, users need to run a new scan with the latest software and change their DNS settings back - which is easy".
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