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

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


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

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