typosquatting

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00:55 Nov 2, 2020
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Tech/Engineering - Computers: Software
Additional field(s): Computers: Software, Computers: Systems, Networks, Internet, e-Commerce, Journalism
English term or phrase: typosquatting
Definition from McAfee:
Typosquatting, also known as URL hijacking, is a form of cybersquatting (sitting on sites under someone else’s brand or copyright) that targets Internet users who incorrectly type a website address into their web browser (e.g., “Gooogle.com” instead of “Google.com”). When users make such a typographical error, they may be led to an alternative website owned by a hacker that is usually designed for malicious purposes.Hackers often create fake websites that imitate the look and feel of your intended destination so you may not realize you’re at a different site. Sometimes these sites exist to sell products and services that are in direct competition with those sold at the website you had intended to visit, but most often they are intended to steal your personal identifiable information, including credit cards or passwords.

Example sentence(s):
  • Registering multiple spellings of your domain name could end up saving your customers and your brand reputation in the long run. Consider acronyms, plural, typos, hyphen, etc — every possible mistake that could lead to probable typosquatting. Medium
  • When the international domain name rules were changed to allow anyone to register a URL with an extension previously tied to specific countries, it created a brand new wave of typosquatting attacks. spambrella
  • More recently, typosquatting has been used to spread so-called ‘fake news’, by presenting false news stories in links that appear to be from legitimate news outlets, at first glance at least. On social media, this is often enough to go viral. fasthosts
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Definition from Wikipedia:
Typosquatting, también conocido como URL hijacking, sting site, o fake URL. Es una forma de cybersquatting y/o de brandjacking, que se basa en los errores tipográficos cometidos por usuarios de internet cuando introducen la dirección de un sitio web en un navegador. Cuando esto sucede la dirección puede llevarlos a un sitio alternativo propiedad de un cybersquatter.

Example sentence(s):
  • Los diferentes tipos de ciberocupación, van desde el typosquatting que consiste en la variación de un carácter de posición, como por ejemplo googel.es donde se intercambian las dos últimas letras o la adición del carácter 'o' entre medias como por ejemplo gooogle.es. - Dominios.es  
  • Typosquatting a menudo se conoce como ‘secuestro de URL’, y ‘URL falsa’. Los typosquatters confían en los errores comunes cometidos por los usuarios de Internet al escribir una dirección web en un navegador web. - Ciberseguridad.com  
  • Con el Typosquatting el ciberdelincuente lo que busca es aprovecharse de los errores de tipografía que acostumbramos a realizar cuando tecleamos rápidamente una dirección web a la que deseamos acceder. - Ciberseguridad al día  
Juan Pablo Marina
France
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