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China-Linked ‘Muddling Meerkat’ Hijacks DNS to Map Internet on Global Scale

April 29, 2024

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A previously undocumented cyber threat dubbed Muddling Meerkat has been observed undertaking sophisticated domain name system (DNS) activities in a likely effort to evade security measures and conduct reconnaissance of networks across the world since October 2019.

Cloud security firm Infoblox described the threat actor as likely affiliated with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) with the ability to control the Great Firewall (GFW), which censors access to foreign websites and manipulates internet traffic to and from the country.

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