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Some media speculate that it might be in preparation for a large-scale cyberattack.

Cybersecurity researchers from Infoblox recently reported that an activity cluster known as Muddling Meerkat has suddenly woken up.

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This activity was first spotted in 2019, after which it was dormant until September last year.

Slow Drip DDoS or something else?

By triggering false MX record responses from the firewall, the hackers can redirect emails, it was said.

When the GFW response is received by the requester first, it can poison their DNS cache."

The GC is anoperator in the middle, allowing it to modify packets en route to their destination."

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