Typosquatting registers domains that resemble a real one, exploiting typing mistakes and visual similarity to reach people who meant to go somewhere else. These guides cover the patterns, the evidence each one leaves in public records, and what a check can establish.
START WITH WHAT IS TYPOSQUATTING? MEANING, CASES AND IS IT ILLEGAL
Typosquatting, also called URL hijacking, is the registration of domain names that closely resemble an existing name, so that people who mistype an address, misread a link, or trust a familiar-looking brand arrive somewhere the brand does not control.
12 min readA typosquatting pattern is a rule for deriving a confusable name from a real one, such as dropping a character, swapping two, substituting a lookalike from another script, or attaching a keyword.
11 min readA lookalike domain is any registered name designed to be mistaken for another, whether through spelling, characters that render alike, added words, a different ending, or a brand placed inside somebody else’s subdomain.
12 min readTyposquatting protection is the combination of a small defensive registration set, monitoring of everything else, mail authentication, browser and legal safeguards, and a documented response process that limits what a lookalike domain can achieve.
12 min readMore sections: Domain protection, Domain intelligence, Brand protection, Email security, Typosquatting patterns.