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Bookmark or Share- What is Typosquatting? – Definition and Explanation - KasperskyTyposquatting is a form of cybercrime that involves hackers registering domains with deliberately misspelled names of well-known websites. Hackers do this to lure unsuspecting visitors to alternative websites, typically for malicious purposes.
- typosquatting | Wex | US Law | LII / Legal Information InstituteTyposquatting is the process of acquiring similarly spelled or misspelled domain names for the purpose of capturing traffic intended for another website. Typosquatters profit from this conduct in multiple ways, such as providing pop-ups for third-party advertisers, capturing fraudulent payment information, or even selling the domain to owners ...
- Typosquatting - WikipediaTyposquatting, also called URL hijacking, a sting site, a cousin domain, or a fake URL, is a form of cybersquatting, and possibly brandjacking which relies on mistakes such as typos made by Internet users when inputting a website address into a web browser.
- What is typosquatting? - Microsoft SupportTyposquatting is what we call it when people - often criminals - register a common misspelling of another organization's domain as their own. For example: tailspintoy.com instead of tailspintoys.com (note the missing "s").
- What is typosquatting and how to avoid it - NortonLearn what typosquatting is, how it works, the different forms it can take, why people do it, and how to avoid URL scams and fake websites in this guide.
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