Whalebone

DNS Security

About Whalebone

Whalebone is a Czech cybersecurity and digital life protection company. Since 2016, Whalebone has provided real-time DNS security to more than 400 telcos, ISPs, and institutions worldwide, protecting internet users from cyberthreats through a combination of threat intelligence and machine learning.

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Whalebone Immunity

Stolen data, lost income, and reputation damage average $4.45 million per cyber attack. The risk is too high to just rely on firewalls, antivirus, and standard solutions without securing a critical part of the internet infrastructure — your DNS resolution. Whalebone DNS security can shine a light on your customer’s DNS, providing them with invaluable insights into threats within their infrastructure, and real-time protection against DNS attacks. Whalebone Immunity stops malware, phishing, DNS- based threats, homographs attacks, and more before they reach your network. That’s why there is no need to install or maintain any software on any device. Additionally, you can widen the perimeter to your remote employees as well. No other security layer offers this level of protection while saving an IT team’s time and budget instead of depleting it.

The Importance of DNS Security

The Domain Name System (DNS) is everywhere, and it receives significantly high traffic volume, making it the perfect place for attackers to hide their malicious activity. Bad actors abuse DNS through a multitude of techniques to deliver malware and exfiltrate data. Unfortunately, DNS is a blind spot for many businesses. Security teams often lack basic visibility into how threats use DNS that would enable them to respond effectively.

DNS Tunneling

DNS tunneling uses DNS traffic to smuggle information or code in or out of the network. It is used to steal data or control malware. Based on one single query it is impossible to identify a DNS tunnel. Some firewalls may even look at each single query to detect known malicious codes, but they do not have the capacity to store the information and analyse patterns, which is exactly what Whalebone Immunity does, blocking the traffic deemed suspicious. An example of DNS tunneling is the SolarWinds attack which used DNS tunneling to steal information from almost 18,000 networks infected by their malware. Even though protective DNS would not stop the malware from getting into the network, it would block its communication with the author and immediately notify the admins, thus preventing any damage.

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