US Records Half World’s Malicious DNS Queries, Akamai Reports

The U.S. accounted for 52.5 percent of malicious domain name system (DNS) queries to command and control servers globally between September and February, Akamai reported Tuesday. China accounted for 12 percent of malicious queries in the same span, a sign that command and control hosting is becoming less U.S.-centric, Akamai said. The report analyzed data from more than 14 million DNS queries from communications service provider networks.