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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". Read Complete Article

As the investigation into Russia’s interference in the US election deepens, it is becoming obvious that the events in 2016 are just the tip of an iceberg. Ever since the Russian cyber assault on Estonia in 2007, policymakers and cybersecurity scholars have debated how best to deter cyber attacks that cross international borders. Yet both state and non-state actors continue using the internet for malicious purposes with an unacceptable level of impunity. The growing global market in cybercrime is projected to hit US$6 trillion by 2021. Curtailing the risk requires new approaches. Old problems -  Fundam entally, deterrence is about convincing an adversary that the costs of an attack outweigh the benefits. One of the problems in cyber deterrence policy has been a reliance on ideas that were formulated in the very different security environment of the Cold War. ALSO READ: Four years of Modi: Digital India catches up, but cybersecurity a hurdle Cold War concept...