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‘We owe him so much… People who will never know his name owe Dan’ The information security community has lost another leading light, after it was announced that prominent security researcher and DNS specialist Dan Kaminsky has died. The news was confirmed by Kaminsky’s niece yesterday (April 25), who said her uncle had passed away after a short illness due to complications arising from diabetes, a condition he had “struggled [with] for years”. Kaminsky, 42, was known for his many contributions including the discovery of a serious DNS cache poisoning vulnerability in 2008, early wo...

Well-known researcher Kaminsky dies of diabetes complications Monday, 26 April 2021 08:35 Well-known researcher Kaminsky dies of diabetes complications Shares Image by Julien Tromeur from Pixabay Well-known information security expert Dan Kaminsky has died suddenly at the age of 42, leading to an outpouring of tributes from the community of which he was part. His niece, Sarah, posted a tweet which included some details about the cause of death, on Monday. Rest In Peace, Dan Kaminsky. Our world will never be the same. pic.twitter.com/DCxjwDoBie — sarah b (@sarahbrie) April 25, 2021 "...

DEF CON hails 'an icon in all the positive ways' Share Copy Obit Celebrated information security researcher Dan Kaminsky, known not just for his technical ability but also for his compassion and support for those in his industry, has died. He was 42. Though Kaminsky rose to fame in 2008 for identifying a critical design weakness in the internet's infrastructure – and worked in secret with software developers to mitigate the issue before it could be easily exploited – he had worked behind the scenes in the infosec world for at least the past two decades. Dan Kaminsky ... Credit: Da...

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