Naseer Ahmad Lone
1 min readApr 4, 2021

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What is DNS Cache Poisoning and How To Prevent It?

DNS Cache Poisoning also known as DNS spoofing, It is an attack that is designed to locate and then exploit vulnerabilities that exist in a DNS (domain name system), in order to draw organic traffic away from a legitimate server and over to a fake one.
The threat of DNS cache poisoning made the news earlier 2018 , in April when crypto giant MyEtherWallet’s DNS servers were hijacked and redirected legitimate users over to a phishing website.
As a result of this DNS cache poisoning, multiple users were deceived into giving up their wallet keys before transferring their cryptocurrencies into another digital wallet associated with the hackers. The hackers stole around a hundred and sixty thousand dollars worth of Ethereum before the problem was identified and stopped. To read more plz click the link below....👇👇👇

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