Microsoft goes to court to combat imposter domains
(Windows Phone Central)

Homoglyph is the word of the day. What you need to know Certain domains are being used to impersonate Microsoft customers in attempts to commit fraud. Microsoft pursued a court order to take down these domains. It secured the court order. Microsoft`s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) secured a victory via its acquisition of a court order that demands domain registrars disable their services for hosted domains partaking in Microsoft impersonation activities. What that means: Domain registrars with domain names like `MICROS0FT.com` (wherein the second `o` is replaced with an `0`) are being hunted down by Microsoft, which now has a court order to back up its takedown demands. These malicious imposter (otherwise known as homoglyph) domains impersonate legitimate businesses` customers — in this case, Microsoft`s — and trick said customers` contacts into approving or sending payments. In a specific case that caught Microsoft`s DCU`s attention, impersonators became aware of an Office 365...