What is typosquatting?

Buying domains that look almost like yours — swapped letters, wrong TLDs, Unicode tricks — so typos land on phishing.

How do I know if someone is typosquatting my domain?

Use Typosquat Monitor — we DNS-check dozens of variants in one pass and flag what resolves.

What is a homoglyph attack?

Same look, different Unicode — e.g. Cyrillic а instead of Latin a. The bar looks identical; DNS sees a different name.

Glossary

Typosquatting — Domain Impersonation and Detection

Typosquatting is buying domains that look almost like yours — swapped letters, extra hyphens, cyrillic “a” — so fat-fingered users land on a fake login page.

Common Typosquatting Techniques

Swap a letter for a number: paypa1.com
Drop a letter: paypl.com
Double a letter: paypall.com
Unicode tricks: Cyrillic а instead of Latin a
Wrong TLD: paypal.net
Keyword glue: mypaypal-login.com

Typosquatting vs Cybersquatting

Typos aim at mistakes in the bar. Cybersquatting is the wider game of parking trademark-ish names. Both fuel phishing.

How to Detect Typosquatting

Watch names that resolve and serve HTTP — parked junk matters less than live phishing.

How to Check for Typosquats

Fire up Typosquat Monitor — we DNS-check dozens of variants in one go.

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