According to foreign media reports, the computer giant is eager to fix an Internet vulnerability that allows hackers to control network traffic.
Major software and hardware manufacturers have been working together for several months and released a Software patch on Tuesday to fix the vulnerability.
Rich mogul, an analyst at securosis, a security consultancy, said: "This is a very serious problem involving how the entire domain name framework runs. If this vulnerability is not fixed, the Internet will still exist, but it is no longer the internet you want-hackers will control everything ."
"Phishing" will be excited because the vulnerability can direct Internet users to fake bank or credit card company pages to defraud them of their bank accounts, passwords, and other information. No matter what the user inputs, hackers can exploit this vulnerability to direct the website to any location they want the user.
Dan Kaminsky, an ioactive security researcher at network security products and service providers, discovered this vulnerability in the Domain Name System about six months ago, they have also reached out with industry giants such as Microsoft, sun, and Cisco to cooperate on solutions.
Every computer connected to the Internet uses a Domain Name System. The working principle of this system is similar to that of a telephone system that will be connected to a specific phone number by electricity.
"People should be concerned about this, but don't worry. We have to spend as much time as possible to test and install patches. ."
Camingski created a webpage for people to check whether the vulnerability exists on their computers at http://www.doxpara.com /.