A technique known as fast flux, used by hostile nation-states and financially motivated ransomware groups, poses a threat to critical infrastructure and national security.
Fast flux allows threat actors to hide their infrastructure and survive takedown attempts by cycling through a range of IP addresses and domain names.
The constant change of IP addresses and domain names complicates the task of identifying the true origin of the infrastructure and provides redundancy.
The NSA, FBI, and their counterparts from Canada, Australia, and New Zealand have warned that this technique enables malicious cyber actors to consistently evade detection and conceal their malicious operations.