Hackers are preying on people who can’t spell
Mar23
As if the spectre of being hacked while surfing the Web isn’t bad enough, there has been a surge in the number of attacks on people who misspell the names of popular websites. In a study carried out by Endgame, the cyber security firm has found more than 300 well-known companies, such as Netflix, YouTube and Google had been targeted in an attempt to ensnare careless typers online. The culprits have been registering domains such as googgle.com, googlw.com and Netflix.om – the latter points to sites registered in Oman – which have the look and feel of the site the…
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