Free Router DNS Tweak Blocks Malware and Phishing Across Home Networks

A router configuration change is gaining attention as a way to add defense against phishing and malware. Cybersecurity commentator Luis Catacora urged users to replace default DNS resolvers on a router with Cloudflare’s addresses: 1.1.1.2 as the primary server and 1.0.0.2 as the secondary server. The change does not replace endpoint security, but it can stop risky connections before a phone, laptop, television, or smart-home device reaches a malicious domain. DNS, or the Domain Name System, is the internet’s address book. Before a browser or app opens a website, it asks a DNS resolver to translate a domain name into the IP address needed to connect. Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 for Families malware-filtering resolver checks those...

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