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My domain got abused on Github Pages

Quality: 8/10 Relevance: 9/10

Summary

The author describes domain abuse stemming from GitHub Pages, where a subdomain under immersivepoints.com was taken over via DNS/CNAME configuration. The post highlights how forwarding DNS to GitHub and wildcard subdomains can enable attackers to abuse a domain, notes Google Search Console alerts, and suggests improvements such as stronger domain ownership verification and per-user DNS records to mitigate risk.

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