The fun thing about curses is that they propagate. In this case, hackers using the Domain Name System (DNS) to distribute malware inspired Michael "B'ad Samurai" Bunner to create DNS Mad Libs, which uses the same technique as the recently-discovered DNS malware distribution hack to provide a distributed version of the popular word game.
"This project is inspired by previous research on the use of DNS TXT records to store and retrieve data, which can be used for various purposes including malware distribution and command & control," Bunner said in the project's README. "This is typically done by embedding malicious payloads in DNS records, which can then be resolved by compromised systems. In this case we utilize public API endpoints over HTTPS to retrieve the data from a trusted service, obscuring the true source of the data."
