When a network blindly trusts the wrong authority, attackers don’t need to break in - they’re invited. Rogue DHCP servers exploit one of the most trusted services on a network, quietly redirecting traffic, assigning malicious gateways, and enabling chained attacks like DNS cache poisoning. Understanding how this works is critical to defending modern networks.

Today I want to tell you about something both brilliant and absolutely mean  in cybersecurity: DNS cache poisoning. You’re basically being sent to the right street… but the wrong house number . Hold onto your seats — I’m about to take you on a little cyber adventure! :) Let me break this down in plain English — because once you understand this, you’ll never look at the internet the same way again. Every website you visit has a “street name” (the domain) and a “house number” (