Microsoft buys ‘corp.com’ to protect customer infrastructure

Microsoft buys ‘corp.com’ to protect customer infrastructure

Microsoft Corp finally agreed earlier this week to acquire corp.com, a domain that poses security risks to Microsoft users due to a namespace collision issue. In February, security researcher Brian Krebs noted ...
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Microsoft Buys Corp.com So Bad Guys Can’t

In February, KrebsOnSecurity told the story of a private citizen auctioning off the dangerous domain corp.com for the starting price of $1.7 million. Domain experts called corp.com dangerous because years of testing ...