The server handling the request isn’t called pcmag.com. Rather, it’s identifiable by a daunting numeric address. To bridge that communication gap, the Domain Name System, or DNS, translates ...

Instead, it looks that address up on a Domain Name System (DNS) server, which matches it with an IP address for your computer to visit. It's like your friend saying "meet me at Tom's Bistro"—if ...

Fast flux allows attackers to obfuscate the locations of malicious command and control (C2) servers by rapidly changing ...

When you type in a URL or click on a hyperlink, a request is sent to a domain name system (DNS) server asking for the internet protocol (IP) address of the web service you are requesting.