Online Identity
Recently, I've been paranoid. I've been Googling myself lately, and while searching for my actual name doesn't find me at all, if you search for my online handle, you will get a Google result of nearly every account I use on a regular basis. Some of the accounts are not mine, but a majority are (twitter, reddit, tf2 stats, etc). I just deleted some accounts that I never use, in hopes of increased privacy, but I'm still paranoid.
Anyone got any tips on how to better hide yourself, without dropping your online handle? I've used my current one for at least the last 7 years and don't wish to change.
New DNS Vulnerability
So this is some scary stuff. I subscribe to the NANOG mailing list. For those who don't know, NANOG is a professional group of Network and Internet engineers who maintain network operations around the world. All day there has been a discussion about this new DNS Poisoning exploit which seriously threatens DNS operations.
Here's a basic rundown about what this flaw does.
This exploit targets a fairly ubiquitous flaw in DNS implementations which allow the insertion of malicious DNS records into the cache of the target nameserver. This exploit caches a single malicious host entry into the target nameserver. By causing the target nameserver to query for random hostnames at the target domain, the attacker can spoof a response to the target server including an answer for the query, an authority server record, and an additional record for that server, causing target nameserver to insert the additional record into the cache.
From SecuriTeam
To check to see if your ISP is vulnerable, check this link.
If you are, email your ISP and encourage them to patch against this vulnerability.