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Over 1 Million Domains at Risk of ‘Sitting Ducks’ Domain Hijacking Technique

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​Over a million domains are susceptible to takeover by malicious actors by means of what has been called a Sitting Ducks attack.
The powerful attack vector, which exploits weaknesses in the domain name system (DNS), is being exploited by over a dozen Russian-nexus cybercriminal actors to stealthily hijack domains, a joint analysis published by Infoblox and Eclypsium has revealed.
“In a Sitting Over a million domains are susceptible to takeover by malicious actors by means of what has been called a Sitting Ducks attack.
The powerful attack vector, which exploits weaknesses in the domain name system (DNS), is being exploited by over a dozen Russian-nexus cybercriminal actors to stealthily hijack domains, a joint analysis published by Infoblox and Eclypsium has revealed.
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