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id: "bitsquatting"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "bitsquatting"
language: "en"
category: "Security and abuse"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:01:23Z"
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# bitsquatting

Registering a domain that differs from a popular one by a single flipped bit, the smallest unit of computer data. Rare memory errors in devices can change one character of a name and send traffic to the wrong domain. Researcher Artem Dinaburg described it in 2011.

## related terms

- [typosquatting](https://tldlog.com/glossary/typosquatting/)
- [lookalike domain](https://tldlog.com/glossary/lookalike-domain/)
- [cybersquatting](https://tldlog.com/glossary/cybersquatting/)
- [combosquatting](https://tldlog.com/glossary/combosquatting/)