Explained: Domain-Generating Algorithms

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Cybercriminals use domain-generating algorithms to prevent their servers from being blacklisted or taken down.
A domain-generating algorithm (DGA) is a program or subroutine that provides malware with new domains on demand or on the fly. Kraken was the first malware family to use a DGA (in 2008) that we could find. Later that year, Conficker made DGA a lot more famous.

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