typosquatting
- The act of buying domain names that closely resemble another site's URL with misspellings, with the intention to mislead and exploit users who mistakenly visit those URLs
- A person could commit typosquatting by purchasing the domain www.gooogle.com hoping to catch people who mistype www.google.com.
- When users accidentally typed in www.twtter.com instead of www.twitter.com, they fell victim to typosquatting.
- Companies need to watch out for typosquatting, where fraudsters buy domains with similar spellings to trick customers.
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