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AWS Route53 documentation change

Service: Route53 · 2026-03-10 · Documentation low

File: Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/gr-dns-firewall-advanced-protections.md

Summary

Added documentation about Dictionary DGA detection capabilities in DNS Firewall

Security assessment

The change documents detection capabilities for DGA attacks using dictionary words, which is a security feature enhancement. However, there's no evidence this addresses a specific vulnerability or incident.

Diff

diff --git a/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/gr-dns-firewall-advanced-protections.md b/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/gr-dns-firewall-advanced-protections.md
index 05e5c12db..7c786f303 100644
--- a//Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/gr-dns-firewall-advanced-protections.md
+++ b//Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/gr-dns-firewall-advanced-protections.md
@@ -18,0 +19,4 @@ DGAs are used by attackers to generate a large number of domains to launch malwa
+  * Dictionary DGA
+
+Detect DGA attacks that use domain names associated with dictionary words in large numbers to perform malicious command and control DNS communications.
+