CAPEC-585
DNS Domain Seizure
In this attack pattern, an adversary influences a target's web-hosting company to disable a target domain. The goal is to prevent access to the targeted service provided by that domain. It usually occurs as the result of civil or criminal legal interventions.
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Explain the attack pattern CAPEC-585: DNS Domain Seizure: how it unfolds, what it needs and how to prevent and detect it in my systems. Use https://capec.mitre.org/data/definitions/585.html and https://cve.bz/cve/capec/585?via=ask-ai-copy, which lists recent CVEs with the weaknesses it exploits. Cite the sources.Opens a third-party assistant; its answer is its own, not cve.bz's. The prompt holds only this attack pattern's id and public links.
Prerequisites
This attack pattern requires that the adversary has cooperation from the registrar of the target domain.
Consequences
| Impact | Affects | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Availability | Disabling a target domain at the infrastructure level denies the availability of its service to the user. |
Related attack patterns
- Part of
- CAPEC-582 Route Disabling
Examples
The FBI's seizure of gambling websites, the US DOJ's seizure of child pornography websites, and Microsoft's s…
The FBI's seizure of gambling websites, the US DOJ's seizure of child pornography websites, and Microsoft's seizure of all domains owned by the company No-IP in order to disrupt a cyberattack originating from a subset of those domains.
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