Bitflips when PCs try to reach windows.com: What could possibly go wrong?

Hijacking traffic to Microsoft’s windows.com with bitflipping

A researcher was able to bitsquat Microsoft's windows.com domain by cybersquatting variations of windows.com. Adversaries can abuse this tactic to conduct automated attacks or collect data due to the nature of bit flipping.

Bitflips when PCs try to reach windows.com: What could possibly go wrong?

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images)Bit flips are events that cause individual bits stored in an electronic device to flip, turning a 0 to a 1 or vice versa. Cosmic radiation and fluctuations in power or temperature are the most common naturally occurring causes. Research from 2010 estimated that a computer with 4GB of commodity RAM has a 96 percent chance of experiencing a bit flip within three days.An independent researcher recently demonstrated how…