During a global worm outbreak, a researcher notices that the malware checks whether a certain unregistered domain exists and stops spreading if it does. The researcher registers the domain. What is this defensive action called?
Pendant une épidémie mondiale de ver, un chercheur remarque que le logiciel malveillant vérifie si un certain domaine non enregistré existe et cesse de se propager si c'est le cas. Le chercheur enregistre ce domaine. Comment s'appelle cette action défensive ?
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ASinkholing a kill-switch domainUn puits (sinkhole) sur un domaine d'arrêt d'urgence
BLaunching a counter DDoS attackUne contre-attaque par DDoS
CTyposquatting the worm's nameDu typosquatting sur le nom du ver
DPoisoning the worm's DNS cacheL'empoisonnement du cache DNS du ver
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