Google users in Vietnam experienced problems accessing the local search engine last Monday, resulting in them seeing a page informing them that the Google page had been hacked by the notorious hacking group, Lizard Squad.
For several hours, the local search page was unusable due to an apparent DNS hijacking attack. Visitors were redirected to a hacker-controlled page that depicted a young man taking a selfie and a message stating that Lizard Squad was responsible for the incident.
Additional information provided on the page announced a new Twitter account, apparently belonging to the hackers, and included a link to DDoS , which is now called Shenron but hosted on the same domain as before.
DNS hijacking, or redirection, occurs when the list of DNSused to resolve web domains is altered, resulting in traffic for a specific website being directed to a different IP than the original one.
[alert variation=”alert-info”]“Hacked by Lizard Squad, greetz from antichrist, Brian Krebs, sp3c, Komodo, ryan, HTP & Rory Andrew Godfrey (holding it down in Texas)”, said the message that Google visitors saw. [/alert]
Google 's search service in Vietnam was restored relatively quickly, while other company services, as well as the mobile search page, were unaffected.
DNS hijacking attacks are quite dangerous because they can redirect users to pages with malware intended to infect users' systems. The risk is obvious because the user sees the legitimate site in the browser they are using and can easily fall victim to the scam.
