DNS Detection and Response:
Stop Threats Before They Start – Series 1

Cyberattacks are no longer just a concern for large enterprises. In 2023, 41% of small and medium-sized businesses experienced a cyberattack—up from 22% in 2021.¹ In the last week ransomware.live reported over 14 ransomware attacks—mostly targeting small and medium organizations on the lookout for easier victims.

Every time your employees go online—loading websites, using cloud apps, or syncing data—your systems rely on the Domain Name System (DNS) to get them where they need to go. DNS quietly translates domain names into IP addresses, making everything happen behind the scenes.

But DNS isn’t just for the good guys. Attackers and intruders rely on it, too—to communicate with malware, steal data, and disguise malicious activity. For any organization, especially smaller ones, this creates a significant risk: the same system that keeps you running can also expose you to threats if left unprotected.

Securely Yours offers affordable DNS security as part of our managed cybersecurity services. We help you monitor and control DNS traffic so you can stop attacks before they cause damage. This is the first of a multi-part series exploring DNS-based threats—and how to defend against them.

Prevent Attacks Instead of Cleaning Up After Them

Many businesses only discover a breach once something breaks or data is gone. At that point, you’re reacting—dealing with cleanup, downtime, customer notifications, and in sectors like healthcare, mandatory reporting to agencies such as OCR. Fines, audits, oversight… it’s a place you don’t want to be.

DNS Attacks and Exploits

• Domain Generation & Registered DGA
• DNS Tunneling
• Lookalike Domains
• Malware
• DNS Vulnerabilities
• Phishing
• Emergent Domains (Suspicious, Newly Observed, Zero-Day)
• Command & Control (C2)
• Traffic Distribution Systems
• Data Infiltration/Exfiltration via DNS

By monitoring DNS in real time, we detect warning signs before an attack fully develops: contacts with known-malicious domains, unknown C2 servers, or DNS tunneling used to siphon data out of your network. When something looks off, we can block it instantly—no waiting on antivirus alarms or payloads.

Our DNS threat-detection tools analyze every query continuously, giving you early visibility and faster response—without adding complexity to your network.