Which type of DNS attack involves a threat actor creating multiple bogus sub-domains under a legitimate parent domain?

IT Exam Items RepositoryCategory: Cybersecurity EssentialsWhich type of DNS attack involves a threat actor creating multiple bogus sub-domains under a legitimate parent domain?

Which type of DNS attack involves a threat actor creating multiple bogus sub-domains under a legitimate parent domain?

  • DNS Tunneling attacks
  • DNS Stealth attacks
  • DNS Domain Shadowing attacks
  • DNS Open Resolver attacks

Explanation: A DNS domain shadowing attack occurs when the credentials for a domain have been compromised and the malicious user has access to the customer DNS domain account. The attacker will then begin to set up new sub domains off of the root domain that point to malicious servers.

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