Global Cybersecurity Analysis October 2023 In an alarming display of sophisticated cyber-espionage and infrastructure manipulation, malicious actors successfully compromised three country-code top-level domain (ccTLD) registries. By hijacking authoritative Domain Name System (DNS) records, the attackers managed to trick Certificate Authorities (CAs) into issuing unauthorized HTTPS certificates covering vital Google domains, as well as several other […]
Critical Security Incident: Country-Code TLD Hijacks Expose Google and Global Brands to Unauthorized HTTPS Certificates
By Global Cybersecurity News Desk Published: October (Updated) In a sophisticated wave of domain infrastructure compromises, malicious actors successfully hijacked three prominent country-code top-level domain (ccTLD) registries to generate unauthorized HTTPS certificates for critical Google and YouTube domains. Although Google’s internal enterprise systems remained entirely secure throughout the incident, the breach of external domain registries […]