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Over 80% of cyber attacks leverage DNS servers. If attackers are able to connect your device to their compromised DNS, they can begin dropping and installing malware.
 
Over 80% of cyber attacks leverage DNS servers. If attackers are able to connect your device to their compromised DNS, they can begin dropping and installing malware.
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DNS servers translate addresses into human readable addresses. For example, if the "wiki.gccollab.ca" address is typed in on a web browser, it may look like the browser is going to that address but it actually goes to a set of numbers such as
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DNS servers translate human readable addresses into machine readable addresses. For example, if the "wiki.gccollab.ca" address is typed in on a web browser in a human language, the DNS server will match the address to another machine readable address as a set of numbers like "52.139.83.135".
    
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== References ==

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