Professionals Discover 70,000 Hijacked Domains in Extensive ‘Sitting Ducks’ Assault Scheme
Several malicious entities have been discovered exploiting a tactic known as Sitting Ducks to seize control of authentic domains to utilize them in phishing campaigns and scams for financial gain for an extended period. The revelation has been made by Infoblox, which revealed that it has detected close to 800,000 susceptible registered domains within the last three months. Out of these, around 9% (70,000) have been taken over thereafter.
