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Capec-585 Detail
DNS Domain Seizure
Detailed Social Engineering
Parents: 582
Threats: T63 T103 T264 T267 T269 T289 T308 T311
In this attack pattern, an adversary influences a target's web-hosting company to disable a target domain. The goal is to prevent access to the targeted service provided by that domain. It usually occurs as the result of civil or criminal legal interventions.
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| External ID | Source | Link | Description |
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| CAPEC-585 | capec | https://capec.mitre.org/data/definitions/585.html | |
| REF-467 | reference_from_CAPEC | https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/newyork/news/press-releases/dozens-of-online-dark-markets-seized-pursuant-to-forfeiture-complaint-filed-in-manhattan-federal-court-in-conjunction-with-the-arrest-of-the-operator-of-silk-road-2.0 | Dozens of Online 'Dark Markets' Seized Pursuant to Forfeiture Complaint Filed in Manhattan Federal Court in Conjunction with the Arrest of the Operator of Silk Road 2.0, 2014, FBI |
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- This attack pattern requires that the adversary has cooperation from the registrar of the target domain.
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| Availability |
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| Other (Disabling a target domain at the infrastructure level denies the availability of its service to the user.) |
- The FBI's seizure of gambling websites, the US DOJ's seizure of child pornography websites, and Microsoft's seizure of all domains owned by the company No-IP in order to disrupt a cyberattack originating from a subset of those domains.