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Abandoned CDN Domain Re-Registration Risks Website Security

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Expired domains previously used by content delivery networks are being re-registered by attackers to serve malicious code to websites that still link to them.

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  • Attackers are re-registering expired domain names that were once used by content delivery networks, allowing them to control content served to websites that still have hard-coded references to the old domain.
  • Because these links reside in third-party scripts loaded by users' browsers, traditional server-side security tools often fail to detect the malicious activity.
  • Organizations are increasingly using Content Security Policy in report-only mode to gain visibility into the scripts actually executing in their customers' browsers and to meet new compliance mandates.

What to watch next

  • Growth in adoption of Content Security Policy as a standard for client-side visibility
  • Increasing regulatory pressure from standards like PCI DSS v4.0.1
  • Continued discovery of ClickFix and similar social-engineering campaigns via browser-side reporting

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