Read Carefully: The Dangers of Punycode and Typosquatting

Many phishing attacks pose as banks, and their efforts can be quite convincing. Everything in the email might look official, including the logo. But if you carefully examine the sender’s address, you can see it’s from an imposter.

Now threat actors are using even more sophisticated methods to deceive targets. From typosquatting to punycode to starjacking, these new tactics demand even closer attention to spot. It’s more important than ever to read carefully — or pay a steep price …

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