CAPEC-631

Detailed Abstraction Level
Meta — Very abstract, high-level category
Standard — Specific enough to understand
Detailed — Tied to specific technique Draft MITRE CAPEC Status
Stable — Fully reviewed and complete
Draft — Under development
Incomplete — Partially defined
Deprecated — No longer recommended
Obsolete — Replaced by another CAPEC Likelihood: Low Severity: Medium
SoundSquatting

Description

An adversary registers a domain name that sounds the same as a trusted domain, but has a different spelling. A SoundSquatting attack takes advantage of a user's confusion of the two words to direct Internet traffic to adversary-controlled destinations. SoundSquatting does not require an attack against the trusted domain or complicated reverse engineering.

Prerequisites

An adversary requires knowledge of popular or high traffic domains, that could be used to deceive potential targets.

Mitigations

Authenticate all servers and perform redundant checks when using DNS hostnames.

Purchase potential SoundSquatted domains and forward to legitimate domain.

Skills Required

[Low] Adversaries must be able to register DNS hostnames/URL’s.