Modern technologies make our day-to-day lives easier, but they also provide many more opportunities for hackers. Security experts have repeatedly warned to be careful as their attacks increase with each passing year.
The truth is that even the biggest tech companies are not fully insured against cybercrime. Krebs specialists now tell us about their latest attack on the Internet.
This time, some of the biggest domain name providers and web site owners are victims. These include NetworkSolutions, Register.com and Web.com, Engadget reports.
Such attacks are extremely unpleasant as they affect a large number of website owners. Initial calculations show that this attack could cause problems with about 8.7 million global websites registered worldwide.
At this stage, there was no misuse of financial information from consumer bank accounts. Investigations have yet to determine what information affects the attacks.
The problem is that if hackers manage to change the domain name, they could have complete control over the entire website. This attack best illustrates what constant threats we face and how vulnerable our personal information we share online.