During a Sitting Ducks attack, the malicious actor gains control of a domain by taking over its DNS configurations. Cybercriminals have used this vector since 2018 to hijack tens of thousands of domain names.
Source: Help Net Security
Cybercriminals hijack DNS to build stealth attack networks
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