2012-11-27

GoDaddy's DNS Servers Hijacked

"In this current spate of attacks, criminals are exploiting DNS by hacking the DNS records of sites, adding one or more additional subdomains with corresponding DNS entries (A records) referencing malicious IP addresses. The legitimate hostname resolves to the legitimate IP address, but the added sub-domains resolve to rogue servers." The upshot is that hackers can thus hijack the DNS to create legitimate-looking URLs in phishing attacks, evading security filtering and tricking users into thinking the content must be safe
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