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Microsoft 'URL Tracer' Hunts Typosquatters

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-always-kinda-find-it-flattering dept.

TonioSop writes "Microsoft Research has released a new tool to help pinpoint large-scale typosquatters that are known to be gaming pay-per-click domain parking services. The lightweight prototype, called Strider URL Tracer, builds on the work within Microsoft's Cybersecurity and Systems Management group to keep tabs on a sophisticated typosquatting scheme that uses multilayer URL redirection to make money from Google's AdSense for domains program. "

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  1. Re-inventing the whell by ePhil_One · · Score: 0, Troll

    At my old company we used to keep an eye on these guys. If they looked externally they could solve this problem for a fraction of what this program will cost...

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  2. Typosquatting by Nom+du+Keyboard · · Score: 0, Troll
    The problem is that Typosquatting is not a crime, and only people like Microsoft are trying to declare it as such. It becomes a question of just how much space should you be allowed to own surrounding your domain name.

    But then, what do you expect from a company who believes they have the right own the common word "windows"?

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