How to protect your browser from Unicode domain phishing attacks

Do you trust аpple.com?

Of course you do! So, do you feel okay about visiting the website at https://www.аpple.com?

The URL I’ve linked to isn’t the real Apple technology company that makes shiny iPhones, Homepods, and iMacs. Instead, it’s a Unicode domain which –
rather than using the conventional ASCII characters that make up the vast majority of websites you’re likely to visit – contains foreign characters.

So the “а” of аpple.com is actually a Cyrillic “а” (U+0430) rather than the ASCII character “a” (U+0061).

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