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    Service Interruption Summary (2021/05/03) and Capacity Plans

    Quad9 was the target of a distributed denial of service attack beginning at 16:10 UTC on May 3, and lasting at the most-impacted sites for around ninety minutes.
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    Quad9 public domain name service moves to Switzerland for maximum internet privacy protection

    Quad9 is the first DNS security solution to extend GDPR privacy protections to internet users worldwide.
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    DNS Blocking Effectiveness: Recent Independent Tests

    Quad9’s DNS blocking service has recently been part of an independent test done to compare various DNS-based blocking systems.
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    Web Giants Scrambled to Head Off a Dangerous DDoS Technique

    John Todd, the executive director of the nonprofit DNS provider Quad9, wrote in an email that “this threat is/was quite real,” but also noted that it’s “somewhat complex to deploy and leaves some fingerprints,” since the attacker would have to run their own DNS domains.
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    Cyber Peace Institute Panel: Increased need for cybersecurity on the front lines in the fight against COVID-19

    The health care sector is on the front lines of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, and protecting their networks is an important part of our need for increased cybersecurity right now.
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    Windows Insiders can now test DNS over HTTPS

    If you have been waiting to try DNS over HTTPS (DoH) on Windows 10, you’re in luck: the first testable version is now available to Windows Insiders!
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    Microsoft adds initial support for DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) in Windows Insiders

    Support for the DNS-over-HTTPS protocol has landed this week in Windows Insiders, Microsoft’s experimental version of Windows, where the company tests new features before making them broadly available.
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    Quad9 Executive Director Joins Cyber Peace Institute Panel on Protecting the Health Care Sector During the COVID-19 Pandemic

    The health care sector is on the front lines of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, and protecting their networks is an important part of our need for increased cybersecurity right now.
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    DomainTools Announces Domain Hotlist: An Important Component to the Quad9 Family of Threat Intelligence Sources

    As part of our continuous effort to create a safer Internet, Quad9 is proud to support DomainTools‘ Domain Hotlist – a “predictive, prioritized, and easily consumable block list that identifies active, high-risk domains.” Since Quad9 embedded Domain Hotlist to its service it has blocked nearly 35.8 million DNS requests to bad domains, establishing it as a top-producing data source.
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    COVID-19: Top 10 security tips for work from home

    With most of the world under lockdown over the coronavirus outbreak, many are restricted to stay at home and continue their work online. However, it is imperative the employee takes proper measures so the system is secured for making video conference… Read full article here.
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