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Title: Mac and Windows users threatened by rampant .om domain 'typosquatting' Post by: HCK on March 17, 2016, 04:05:11 pm Mac and Windows users threatened by rampant .om domain 'typosquatting'
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Mac and Windows users could end up in some bad Internet neighborhoods by not typing the “c” in “.com” websites.</p><p> As reported by Threatpost (https://threatpost.com/typosquatters-target-apple-mac-users-with-new-om-domain-scam/116768/), Security vendor Endgame recently discovered (https://www.endgame.com/blog/what-does-oman-house-cards-and-typosquatting-have-common-om-domain-and-dangers-typosquatting) widespread “typosquatting (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typosquatting)” with the “.om” domain name, in which bad actors attempt to dupe people who mistype common URLs. In this case, more than 300 malicious URLs (http://pastebin.com/q2WCuw6K) have latched onto the Country Code Top-Level Domain for Oman, which users might accidentally enter instead of .com” Some examples include samsung.om, delta.om, and netflix.om.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3044533/security/mac-and-windows-users-threatened-by-rampant-om-domain-typosquatting.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Mac and Windows users threatened by rampant .om domain 'typosquatting' (http://www.macworld.com/article/3044533/security/mac-and-windows-users-threatened-by-rampant-om-domain-typosquatting.html#tk.rss_all) |