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		Grustaf on July 29, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Protect loved ones from online scams? Sure but if the link leads to the actual FedEx website then what would be the point?

dmurray on July 29, 2017 [–]

One possibility is the "Hostile Subdomain Takeover" attack recently mentioned here, where an attacker could have control of, say, help.fedex.com https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14860149

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