Microsoft buys corp.com to save Windows users from cybercriminals
Microsoft Corporation has agreed to buy the domain
corp.com from a private owner for an undisclosed sum, in an effort to prevent
cybercriminals from abusing it owing to a problem known as "namespace
collision".
According
to KrebsOnSecurity, a blog run by journalist Brian Krebs, Microsoft has bought
the domain from its Wisconsin-based owner Mike O'Connor "in a bid to keep
it out of the hands of those who might abuse its awesome power".
"We released a security advisory in June of 2009 and a security update
that helps keep customers safe. In our ongoing commitment to customer security,
we also acquired the Corp.com domain," the company said in a statement.
Mike
bought corp.com 26 years ago and hoped Microsoft would buy
it someday because "hundreds of thousands of confused Windows PCs are
constantly trying to share sensitive data with corp.com".
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