That's why Android's private DNS mode is important. In case you don't know, DNS (or Domain Name System) is the system that ...

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That could mean more exposed Windows DNS servers that are open to full remote exploitation. "The threat landscape of internet-exposed things has risen dramatically" in recent months, Williams says.

It works just like the original DNS protocol, meaning its main purpose is to take a domain name (e.g. zdnet.com) that a user types in a browser and send a query to a DNS server to learn the ...