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Exploitation

DNS exploitation guides covering poisoning, takeover, and hijacking

7 guides • Created Dec 28, 2025 • Updated Mar 29, 2026
7 guides

ADIDNS Poisoning and Hijacking

Exploit Active Directory DNS zones by injecting wildcard records and hijacking ADIDNS to redirect traffic or capture credentials in AD environments.

Mar 11, 2026 • 2 min read

WPAD DNS Credential Capture with Responder

Exploit WPAD misconfiguration using Responder to poison DNS, intercept proxy auto-discovery requests, and capture NTLMv2 credentials from Windows hosts.

Mar 11, 2026 • 5 min read

DNS exploitation uses confirmed DNS weaknesses to redirect traffic, inject records, or poison resolver caches. These attacks manipulate name resolution to intercept authentication, redirect users, or stage man-in-the-middle positions.

Zone transfer abuse extracts the full zone for intelligence gathering and identifies targets for further attacks. DNS cache poisoning injects forged responses into a resolver's cache, redirecting legitimate queries to attacker-controlled infrastructure. Dynamic update injection, when nsupdate is accepted without authentication, lets you add or modify DNS records directly.