Sinkhole

Wait a Minute!

It doesn’t take a psychology degree to know that humans love clicking links—sometimes on purpose, sometimes by accident. When that happens (the most common route is through phishing), Pi-hole steps in and goes, “Hmm… I don’t know about that.” It filters malicious DNS queries and helps keep my home environment safer.

Overview

• Two real-world case studies
  • Case study 1 - Microsoft Conficker (MS08-067)
  • Case study 2 - GAMEOVER Zeus
  • What did the smart guys do to resolve this?
• A short demo of sinkholing in action
  • Pi-Hole Demo
• And, to wrap it up, a walkthrough on setting up your own Pi-hole at home for safer, cleaner, and overall better browsing. Pi-hole Set Up

Resources:

• Pi-Hole Official Repo