DNS change monitoring to catch hijacked domains
Hijacking a domain only takes a DNS change, and the website is left as it is. Visitors and your client's email go elsewhere, while the original server keeps running.
The site works, but the domain points somewhere else.
With a stolen login to the registrar, nameservers or MX records change in a minute. The original site stays online and every uptime check on the server passes.
Meanwhile visitors see a copy of the site, or someone else reads your client's email.
A snapshot of the DNS, taken again every day.
First reading
When you add the site we save its nameservers and A, AAAA, MX and TXT records.
Comparison
Every day we read the records again and compare them with the saved ones.
Alert
A new nameserver or a different MX triggers an alert with the old value and the new one.
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Do I get an alert for changes I make myself?
Yes. Every change comes with the old and new values, so you spot the planned ones at once. A nameserver change is always critical.
Does DNS monitoring need the plugin?
No, DNS records are public and we read them from outside.
Goes well with
- Domain expiry alerts for every site you manageRDAP and WHOIS, including registries without RDAP, with a warning a month ahead.
- SSL certificate expiry monitoring, site by siteAlerts before expiry, and at once if the certificate is invalid.
- Blacklist monitoring: Google, Spamhaus and the restGoogle Web Risk, Spamhaus DBL and ZEN, SURBL, SpamCop.
- Uptime monitoring for your clients' WordPress and Joomla sitesChecks as often as every minute, response times and a check of the page text.
Try it on your clients' sites.
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- Every Complete feature except backups
- Up to 10 sites
- No credit card needed to start
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