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Threat tactic spotlight: Subdomain takeover

person By Matt Gurr
source Source: AWS Security Blog
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In this blog post you’ll learn how to detect and prevent subdomain takeover – a tactic where threat actors exploit dangling DNS records to redirect traffic to attacker-controlled resources. We’ll explain the issue, how the situation arises, and how you can use various AWS features and services to help mitigate the impact of this tactic.

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