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Two characters open up a world of typosquatting opportunities in Chromium browsers
Attackers abusing rare Cyrillic and Latin letters to impersonate popular websites Researchers say two characters available to typosquatters and phisherfolk can trick Chromium browsers into displaying lookalike URLs as genuine web addresses.
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Attackers are exploiting obscure Cyrillic and Latin characters to create look‑alike domain names that mimic popular sites, a technique known as typosquatting.
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