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Hackers Spend Nearly $7 Million on Expired Domains to Redirect Traffic to Scams and Malware
What you need to know
Threat actors are acquiring expired domains to inherit website traffic and reputation to redirect victims to scams and malware on a large scale. DNS threat intelligence firm Infoblox has given the name dropcatch domains to those that get a second chance, where an expired domain becomes available for registration and is then snapped up by another party…
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