Microsoft seizes domain names
Microsoft Corp. has successfully seized 50 domain names being used by a suspected North Korean hacking group as part of a broader campaign against cybercrime.
Spear phishing is not new, but where this story gets interesting is that at least some of the domains the group was using were aimed to look like Microsoft itself with slight variations. For example, one seized domain was rnicrosoft.com, the “rn” at the beginning of the domain looking somewhat like the letter m if a target didn’t look…
