Hibernating cluster wakes up to map the entire Internet – but what could it be planning?

Chinese state-sponsored actors are apparently mapping out the entire internet, but it's hard to determine why. Some media speculate that it might be in preparation for a large-scale cyberattack. Cybersecurity researchers from Infoblox recently reported that an activity cluster known as Muddling Meerkat has suddenly woken up. This activity was first spotted in 2019, after which it was dormant until September last year. It seems predominantly designed to manipulate global DNS systems – decentralized network infrastructure that translates human-readable domain names into numeric IP addresses, enabling users to easily access websites and services on the internet. Slow Drip DDoS or…