What are bitsquatting and bit flipping?

What are bitsquatting and bit flipping?

3 years ago
Anonymous $hYN7Hy7o7J

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/researcher-bitsquats-microsofts-windowscom-to-steal-traffic/

A researcher was able to "bitsquat" Microsoft's windows.com domain by cybersquatting variations of windows.com.

However, this technique differs from cases where typosquatting domains are used for phishing activities in that it requires no action on the victim's part.