FixableRunning a website or small org
DNS hijacking & domain takeover
Your web address pointed at the attacker’s server - or taken outright.
Understand it
Your domain name is how the world finds you. If an attacker reaches your domain or DNS account, they can redirect your visitors and your email to themselves, or let the domain lapse and seize it.
How to spot it
Your site or email behaving oddly, DNS changes you did not make, renewal notices left unread.
Close the gap
- Lock the domain and protect the registrar account with two-step sign-in.
- Turn on auto-renewal so you never lose it by oversight.
- Limit and watch who may change DNS.
- Keep the registrant contact details current and private.
What to do about it
This is part of the small-business plan - Protect your email domain. Work through it there and you’ll close this off along with everything else it covers.