{"id":928,"date":"2019-10-02T16:48:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T15:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nameshield.com\/en\/?page_id=928"},"modified":"2022-12-27T18:07:28","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T17:07:28","slug":"typosquatting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nameshield.com\/en\/glossary\/typosquatting\/","title":{"rendered":"Typosquatting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"eplus-BpD5Wo eplus-wrapper wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s a <em>typosquatting<\/em>?  <\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" eplus-KAqKyB eplus-wrapper\"><strong><em>Typosquat\u00adting<\/em><\/strong><em> <\/em>is a kind of cyber\u00adsquat\u00adting con\u00adsist\u00ading in reg\u00adis\u00adter\u00ading a domain name sim\u00adi\u00adlar to a gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly well-known domain name. It is based on typ\u00ading or spelling mis\u00adtakes done by web users at the time of the search, allow\u00ading to direct them towards anoth\u00ader web\u00adsite than the one searched. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" eplus-ewBzy2 eplus-wrapper\">Exam\u00adples: credit-abricole.fr, creditmuuel.fr,\nle boncoim.fr\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" eplus-TC9BZU eplus-wrapper\"><strong>Typosquat\u00adting<\/strong> which rep\u00adre\u00adsents almost 15% of the\ndis\u00adputes, often brings the web user towards web\u00adsites con\u00adtain\u00ading \u00ab com\u00admis\u00adsioned\nlinks \u00bb towards oth\u00ader web\u00adsites. If the web user clicks on one of these links,\nthe inter\u00adme\u00addi\u00adary website\u2019s own\u00ader earns a com\u00admis\u00adsion from the final website\u2019s\nown\u00ader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" eplus-ucnb4V eplus-wrapper\">Even worse, we begin to see the use of <strong>typosquat\u00adted<\/strong> <strong>names <\/strong>to direct the web user towards a web\u00adsite con\u00adtain\u00ading a \u00ab <strong>mali\u00adcious \u00bb page aimed to infect their\ncom\u00adput\u00ader with a \u00abmal\u00adware \u00bb.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" eplus-dznJC2 eplus-wrapper\">Warn\u00ading, <strong><em>typosquat\u00adting<\/em><\/strong><em> <\/em>allows to hijack, thanks to spelling or typ\u00ading mis\u00adtakes, a part of the mails addressed by the orig\u00adi\u00adnal domain name owner\u2019s cus\u00adtomers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" eplus-k7ymWc eplus-wrapper\">The con\u00adse\u00adquences can be par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly severe\nwhen the cus\u00adtomer com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adcates by e\u2011mail, some con\u00adfi\u00adden\u00adtial infor\u00adma\u00adtion (bank,\nhealth, assur\u00adance\u2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"eplus-a5pNzT eplus-wrapper wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Typosquatting<\/em>, various objectives:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-list eplus-styles-uid-0e9b54\">\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">To\nsell adver\u00adtis\u00ading ban\u00adners on the home page;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">To\npro\u00adpose com\u00adpeti\u00adtors\u2019 prod\u00aducts or ser\u00advices or com\u00adple\u00admen\u00adtary to the ones of the\norig\u00adi\u00adnal web\u00adsite;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">To\nredi\u00adrect towards com\u00adpeti\u00adtors\u2019 web\u00adsites;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">Phish\u00ading\ncam\u00adpaign in order to obtain per\u00adson\u00adal infor\u00adma\u00adtion to steal the iden\u00adti\u00adty of the tricked\nweb user.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"eplus-9jKrtl eplus-wrapper wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to protect against typosquatting?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" eplus-1QRTvK eplus-wrapper\">In order to be imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly alert\u00aded from all cas\u00ades of <strong>typosquat\u00adting<\/strong> affect\u00ading your brands, Nameshield pro\u00advides a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nameshield.com\/en\/brand-protection\/monitoring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">mon\u00adi\u00adtor\u00ading of trade\u00admarks and domain names reg\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" eplus-Acmn58 eplus-wrapper\"><strong>For web users, how to\ndetect frauds like typosquat\u00adting?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-list eplus-styles-uid-70ba89\">\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">Check the website\u2019s address and pay atten\u00adtion to the URL\u2019s spelling;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">Check that the vis\u00adit\u00aded web\u00adsite is secure and authen\u00adti\u00adcat\u00aded by an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nameshield.com\/en\/cybersecurity\/ssl-certificates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">SSL cer\u00adtifi\u00adcate<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">Check the website\u2019s pro\u00adpri\u00adety data.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\" eplus-E2MEQl eplus-wrapper\"><em>You can find recent cas\u00ades of this kind of attack on the <a aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.nameshield.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blog<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" eplus-nq96xq eplus-wrapper\"><em>Source: Nameshield\u2019s White paper \u2013 Under\u00adstand\u00ading domain names<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s a typosquat\u00adting? 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Exam\u00adples: credit-abricole.fr, creditmuuel.fr, le\u2026&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nameshield.com\/en\/glossary\/typosquatting\/\" class rel=\"bookmark\">Read More \u00bb<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Typosquat\u00adting<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":861,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-928","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Typosquatting - What&#039;s a typosquatting ? 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