Collaborate Disseminate
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 that the owner of corp.com was ready to se… Continue reading Microsoft buys ‘corp.com’ to protect customer infrastructure
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 have shown whoever wields it would have access to an unending stream of passwords, email and other sensitive data from hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows PCs at major companies around the globe. This week, Microsoft Corp. agreed to buy the domain in a bid to keep it out of the hands of those who might abuse its awesome power. Continue reading Microsoft Buys Corp.com So Bad Guys Can’t
An old, dormant domain is going on sale – and the results could be catastrophic for enterprises with common Active Directory misconfigurations. Continue reading Corp.com is up for sale – check your Active Directory settings!
As an early domain name investor, Mike O’Connor had by 1994 snatched up several choice online destinations, including bar.com, cafes.com, grill.com, place.com, pub.com and television.com. Some he sold over the years, but for the past 26 years O’Connor refused to auction perhaps the most sensitive domain in his stable — corp.com. It is sensitive because years of testing shows whoever wields it would have access to an unending stream of passwords, email and other proprietary data belonging to hundreds of thousands of systems at major companies around the globe. Continue reading Dangerous Domain Corp.com Goes Up for Sale