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AWS Route53 medium security documentation change

Service: Route53 · 2025-11-19 · Security-related medium

File: Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/firewall-advanced.md

Summary

Added section explaining Dictionary DGA threats in DNS Firewall Advanced documentation

Security assessment

Introduces documentation for a new security feature detecting dictionary-based DGA attacks, which helps prevent command-and-control communications in malware.

Diff

diff --git a/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/firewall-advanced.md b/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/firewall-advanced.md
index 7a9ed4015..42fa04f9a 100644
--- a//Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/firewall-advanced.md
+++ b//Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/firewall-advanced.md
@@ -20,0 +21,4 @@ DNS tunneling is used by attackers to exfiltrate data from the client by using t
+  * Dictionary DGA
+
+Dictionary DGAs are used by attackers to generate domains using dictionary words to evade detection in malware command-and-control communications.
+