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We Spent $20 To Achieve RCE And Accidentally Became The Admins Of .MOBI

We Spent $20 To Achieve RCE And Accidentally Became The Admins Of .MOBI

Research by watchTowr Labs exploited expired WHOIS domain, revealing that 135,000+ systems still query outdated .MOBI WHOIS server, resulting in 2.5 million requests and serious vulnerabilities, including potential control of TLS/SSL certificate validation for domains like 'microsoft.mobi' by intercepting WHOIS queries, highlighting the fragile dependency of Internet security on obsolete infrastructure.


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