Microsoft, Huntress, and Intego this month detailed attacks that show the ongoing evolution of the highly popular compromise technique.

ClickFix attacks have evolved to meet the latest defense measures by using a new command to circumvent security and make people infect their own devices with malware — in this case, a remote access ...

Microsoft researchers found a ClickFix campaign that uses the nslookup tool to have users infect their own system with a Remote Access Trojan.

Microsoft has warned users that threat actors are leveraging a new variant of the ClickFix technique to deliver malware.

Abstract: The performance of Domain Name System (DNS) resolvers is crucial, as most of the communication on the Internet starts with a DNS lookup to resolve a domain of an IP address to reach the ...

The Cloudflare hiccup involved a sequencing change that confused some systems, and Cloudflare quickly walked it back, but the incident showcases enterprise network fragility in an uncomfortably ...

Devices in a number of Cisco switch types experienced significant reboot loops due to a pervasive firmware problem in the internal DNS client service. The DNSC (DNS Client) job was the source of the ...

A DNS Crash disrupted networks around the world on January 8, 2026, after a flaw in the DNS client service caused multiple Cisco Small Business Switches to reboot repeatedly and, in some cases, ...

Update: Cisco statement added at the end of the article. Multiple Cisco switch models are suddenly experiencing reboot loops after logging fatal DNS client errors, according to reports seen by ...

Abstract: Software-based IP route lookup is a key component for packet forwarding in Software Defined Networks. Running lookup algorithms on commodity CPUs is flexible and scalable, which shows ...

In Q3 2025, Check Point Research recorded a record 85 active ransomware and extortion groups, the highest ever observed. What was once a concentrated market dominated by a few ransomware-as-a-service ...