Vercara Team
Articles by Vercara Team
August 20, 2025
Mitigating DNS-Based Attack Risk in the Education Sector
Attackers target the education sector’s data. Understanding how DNS configurations can protect against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks can improve security and service availability.
August 15, 2025
Why Securing OSI Layer 3 is Critical
The network layer, OSI layer 3, focuses on low-level networking considerations like the path data follows when transmitted. Often called packet routing, this layer chooses the best route when connecting different networks to ensure efficient data transfers.
August 6, 2025
Understanding OSI Layer 7 Security: Challenges and Solutions
Layer 7, the application layer of the OSI model, ensures that applications and the network can communicate effectively by translating the transmitted data into a standard protocol.
July 25, 2025
Smart DNS: 5 Innovative Industry Trends
Explore innovative trends shaping the future of smart DNS technology and infrastructure.
July 21, 2025
The OSI Model – Why Protecting the Layers is Critical
The Open Systems Intercommunication (OSI) model identifies seven layers for network communications. By understanding these layers, organizations can implement the appropriate security measures.
July 17, 2025
Vercara’s Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) Report – July 4 – July 10, 2025
This week’s OSINT report: Batavia Windows Spyware, Gold Melody IAB Exploits, DoNot APT Expands, LoptikMod Malware, RondoDox Botnet
July 16, 2025
Trust Anchor In DNS: What It Is and Why It Matters
DNS analysis reveals a 26.9% spike in trust anchor lookups—highlighting rising DNSSEC adoption to combat hijacking, spoofing, and tampering. Learn why trust anchors matter.
July 7, 2025
Understanding DNS over HTTPS (DoH): A Comprehensive Guide
Understand how DNS over HTTPS affects privacy, visibility, and DNS operations.
July 1, 2025
Unlocking Threat Detection: ASN Monitoring Meets DNS Private Data Lakes
Stop DNS hijacks with real-time ASN monitoring that detects traffic routing to unauthorized networks.
June 26, 2025
DNS Tunneling: Detection and Prevention Techniques
Protect your network from DNS tunneling with proven detection and prevention strategies.
June 20, 2025
What is an IPSECKEY Record and Why It Enhances Security
A standout trend for the May 2025 DNS analysis report was the nearly 80% month-over-month growth in IPSECKEY records. In this post, we explain what IPSECKEY is, why it's important, and why many organizations still haven't adopted it yet.