This works because Wi-Fi routers usually change the DNS settings of all the devices connected to them, and reconfigure them to their own settings.

Think of your connection like a motorway. Even if you have the fastest car (a good ISP package), a traffic jam (inefficient ...

An Android trojan named Switcher (Trojan.AndroidOS.Switcher) targets Android devices in order to take over local WiFi routers and hijack the web traffic passing through them.

Changing your default DNS can give your internet a small, but noticeable, speed boost. Here's how to configure your DNS on every device.

Change Your DNS Settings Another solution to a slow hotel Wi-Fi connection is to change your device's DNS server. DNS servers translate human-readable website names to computer-readable IP addresses.

The Roaming Mantis malware distribution campaign has updated its Android malware to include a DNS changer that modifies DNS settings on vulnerable WiFi routers to spread the infection to other ...

Our primary network and Wi-Fi router had outdated DNS server information. Our provider, CenturyLink, had at some point updated the servers it uses to provide domain name system (DNS) record lookups.

Adding in a GSM phone with a data plan would be too easy (and more expensive), so he opted for the hacker’s way: tunneling the data over DNS queries every time the device found an open WiFi hotspot.

A group of attackers managed to compromise 300,000 home and small-office wireless routers, altering their settings to use rogue DNS servers, according to Internet security research organization ...

Easy. 2 - Guide to setting up your own Windows DNS and HTTP servers (TreeWalk for DNS and Abyss for HTTP, both are Freeware with no set time-limits.) to create a PSP portal.