Yes, there is another DNS vulnerability and attack, and it's pretty scary.
DNS is the system on the internet that maps the name, like "www.whoever.com", to the numeric address. If it breaks, the internet breaks. If bad guys can successfully attack it, they can make you go to their servers instead of important places like your bank, Ebay, etc.
There's a long interesting story involved. Dan Kaminsky, the one who found it has a blog, which tells the story and has a program to test your ISP's DNS servers. If your ISP hasn't fixed it, please change your DNS to OpenDNS. Call me if you like to do it and need help, please call me.
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