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03-24-2016, 01:50 AM
Internet surfers, beware: Malware hiding on sites you misspell is on the rise
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Netflix.om is **t the same as Netflix.com.
While it's common for ******s to lure unsuspecting web users to sites with URLs that include commonly typed typos, more typosquatters (http://mashable.com/2012/02/16/typosquatting-sites-shutdown/#VXeQ4HqtpkqR?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) are using Oman's ".om" country suffix because an ".om" looks a lot like a ".com."
In fact, there's been a huge increase in registrations from Oman in the last month for this very reason.
See also: Typosquatting Sites ‘Wikapedia’ and ‘Twtter’ Have Been Shut Down [VIDEO] (http://mashable.com/2012/02/16/typosquatting-sites-shutdown/)
Information security company Endgame published its research (https://www.endgame.com/blog/what-does-oman-house-cards-and-typosquatting-have-common-om-domain-and-dangers-typosquatting) into malicious typosquatting, which is when people register web addresses like google.om or googgle.com and redirect those addresses to sites riddled with advertising, malware and adware Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/23/misspelling-typo-websites/)
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Netflix.om is **t the same as Netflix.com.
While it's common for ******s to lure unsuspecting web users to sites with URLs that include commonly typed typos, more typosquatters (http://mashable.com/2012/02/16/typosquatting-sites-shutdown/#VXeQ4HqtpkqR?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) are using Oman's ".om" country suffix because an ".om" looks a lot like a ".com."
In fact, there's been a huge increase in registrations from Oman in the last month for this very reason.
See also: Typosquatting Sites ‘Wikapedia’ and ‘Twtter’ Have Been Shut Down [VIDEO] (http://mashable.com/2012/02/16/typosquatting-sites-shutdown/)
Information security company Endgame published its research (https://www.endgame.com/blog/what-does-oman-house-cards-and-typosquatting-have-common-om-domain-and-dangers-typosquatting) into malicious typosquatting, which is when people register web addresses like google.om or googgle.com and redirect those addresses to sites riddled with advertising, malware and adware Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/23/misspelling-typo-websites/)
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