[net-security] US announces transition of oversight over Internet’s domain name system

The US Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced its intent to transition key Internet domain name functions to the global multistakeholder community. 

[scmagazine] Attackers alter DNS configurations remotely, compromise 300K routers

Attackers have remotely altered DNS configurations for more than 300,000 small office/home office (SOHO) routers, subsequently opening up victims to a host of compromises, according to researchers with Team Cymru's Threat Intelligence Group.