11-22-2007, 01:07 PM
Annual report on typosquatting from McAfee:
full report: http://us.mcafee.com/root/identitytheft....=safe_typo&cid=38296
A related article from Ars:
full article: http://us.mcafee.com/root/identitytheft....=safe_typo&cid=38296
Quote:By the end of 2007, at least 8,000 URLs using the word iphone will be registered, according to a well known domain expert. The most valuable iphone.com is owned by Apple itself, but when Steve Jobs announced the product early in 2007, Apple didnt own the iphone domain yet. One expert estimates that Apple paid at least $1 million to buy that piece of valuable Web real estate.
Among the 8,000 registered URLs incorporating iphone are community fan sites, rumor and hack sites and, of course, scam sites. Freeappleiphonesnow dot com claims to offer free iPhones and variants that dont even exist (like the iPhone shuffle and nano.) The URL is nothing more than a redirect to royalsweeps dot com. When we tested the site, we received debt consolidation offers, get rich quick solicitations, free cell phone prizes and other questionable e-mail...
full report: http://us.mcafee.com/root/identitytheft....=safe_typo&cid=38296
A related article from Ars:
Quote:Type in "unitrd.com" into your browser's address baroops, missed that "e"and you won't find a site for United Airlines. Instead, you'll be directed to a landing page with lots of links on how to get cheap flights, credit card apps, and a plethora of other links. This typo-squatting episode is familiar to millions of web users, although the results aren't always so cleanly-formatted and porn-free. Unfortunately, the trend of typo-squatting is growing, and, according to security research company McAfee, squatters are increasingly targeting gamers, online shoppers, dating sites, and even children...
full article: http://us.mcafee.com/root/identitytheft....=safe_typo&cid=38296