typosquatting

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typosquatting (uncountable)

(Internet) A form of cybersquatting that involves the registration of domain names likely to be mistyped by users.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Many of the IP addresses were acting as C&C servers for BlackIce, Ramnit, and njRAT, while some of the most targeted typosquatting campaigns served ZeuS malware. Source: Internet

“As these ubiquitous typosquatting sites show, t’s a good idea to avoid directly navigating to Web sites you frequent. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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