Ever wondered how your phone knows where to take you when you type google.com? You didn’t give it an IP address; you just typed a name—d yet, the site magically loads. The magic behind that is called DNS—— — and if you’re serious about cybersecurity, you need to understand it. Not just what it is, but how hackers exploit it and how you can defend against DNS-based attacks. What is DNS? (The Internet’s Phonebook) DNS…