Blog | G5 Cyber Security

Microsoft buys corp.com to prevent Windows account hijacking

Microsoft has purchased the Corp.com domain to prevent it from being used by malicious actors to steal Windows credentials, or serve malicious files. Microsoft in the past would recommend that companies utilize “CORP”” as the name of their Activity Directory domain when configuring a new Windows network. Microsoft recommends that you own any domain that you use for your Active Directory Services on a Windows network to avoid these types of DNS name collision risks. Microsoft now owns the domain

Source: security

Exit mobile version