A security patch has been released for a dangerous error we didn’t even known existed.
The BBC reports that about six months ago security expert Dan Kaminsky discovered an error in the Domain Name System (DNS), under which criminals could redirect people to fake web pages, even if they’d typed the correct name.
The DNS converts the words typed into a numerical address that’s used to route all Internet traffic.
Exploiting an error like that would make phishing scams simple – people would think they were at their bank website and happily type in personal details, which the criminals could then harvest.
