What does typosquatting mean?

Typosquatting is a method used by cyber criminals to trick users into thinking a URL or email address is from a legitimate organizations. These criminals will register a domain that is very similar to an existing one, only one of the words will be spelt slightly differently.

When users accidentally type in that address instead of the correct, they will be presented with the cyber criminal’s site, which will have malicious links and downloads.

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• Email spoofing
• Ransomware