“KeyTrap allows an attacker to completely disable large parts of the global internet” – this deceptively simple cyber attack could spell doom for apps around the world

Security researchers have discovered a major flaw in the DNS system that could “completely disable” large parts of the global Internet for extended periods of time.

Cybersecurity researchers from the National Research Center for Applied Cybersecurity ATHENS, Goethe University Frankfurt, Fraunhofer SIT and the Technical University of Darmstadt recently found a flaw in the Domain Name System Security Extension (DNSSEC), a security protocol that adds an extra layer of protection to the Domain Name System (DNS).