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A few years ago there was a CCC? talk about registering domains a bitflip away from the intended domain. Which effectively hijacked legitimate web traffic. Whil
by Ovah 5y ago
A few years ago there was a CCC? talk about registering domains a bitflip away from the intended domain. Which effectively hijacked legitimate web traffic. While the chance of a bitflip is low it added up to a surprisingly large number of requests maybe a few hundred or so. Here is someone doing it for windows.com
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hijacking-traffic-to-microsoft-s-windowscom-with-bitflipping/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hijacking-tra...
- IncRnd 5y agoIt's a well-known attack on a security vulnerability called bitsquatting.