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Researchers Ian Muscat and Leanne Briffa of Have I Been Squatted found that two uncommon characters, a Cyrillic barred o and a Latin K with hook, can bypass Chromium’s anti-spoofing checks, letting lookalike domains display as trusted brand names.
Source: theregister.com published on
The US Justice Department and FBI seized seven domains linked to two alleged Chinese cyber espionage tools, Microscan and FishHub, which they say were used by actors tied to Integrity Technology Group to target critical infrastructure in the US, Asia and Europe.
Source: circleid.com published on
Swiss DNS resolver Quad9 has not blocked any of the 58 domains a Paris court ordered it to restrict for French users, prompting broadcaster beIN Sports to seek penalties of up to €580,000 per day.
Source: torrentfreak.com published on
Dutch registry SIDN has found around 2,900 domains under the .nl extension linked to gambling content. The registry says about half of these are expired domains that new owners acquired to host links to gambling sites. The finding highlights how abandoned domains can be repurposed for unrelated or unwanted content.
Source: domainbrief.de original in German published on