Manipulating a domain name in order to associate a legitimate, trusted URL with a malicious, imposter website, to phish and perpetrate other online scams. This is achieved by blocking access to the domain’s DNS server and replacing it with their own, but could be prevented by implementing multi-factor authentication.
Securing Against Domain Hijacking with Strong Access Controls
> Hosting registrars for regional Lenovo and Google domains were hijacked last month, prompting a focus on the...