Tag: Typosquatting
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New Cyber-Threat MadMxShell Exploits Typosquatting and Google Ads
Security researchers have uncovered a new threat actor leveraging fake domains masquerading as authentic IP scanner software sites. Zscaler …
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New Typosquatting and Repojacking Tactics Uncovered on PyPI
Security researchers have identified a concerning uptick in malicious activities infiltrating open-source platforms and code repositories. …
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Malicious Npm Package Uses Typosquatting, Downloads Malware
A package called “aabquerys” has been spotted on the open-source JavaScript npm repository using typosquatting techniques to enable the …
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Typosquatting Explained: Definition, Threats, and Safety Tips
Cybercriminals pray on our online mistakes, learning how to transform them into money better and faster. And one of the most common …
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SolarWinds Attackers Gear Up for Typosquatting Attacks
The same infrastructure traced back to Russian-speaking threat group Nobelium is being used to set up misspelled domain names, presaging …
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Beware the Package Typosquatting Supply Chain Attack
When typosquatting is mentioned, most people think of domain typosquatting, which according to the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection …
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Typosquatting Intensifies Ahead of US Election
“Typosquats” — domains that feature common mistakes made when typing legitimate URLs — are on the rise ahead of the November US …
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Attackers Aim at Software Supply Chain with Package Typosquatting
Developers that make a simple typing mistake could find their systems compromised by malware in the latest attack on the software supply …
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Typosquatting RubyGems laced with Bitcoin-nabbing malware have been downloaded thousands of times
A researcher has uncovered malicious packages in the RubyGems repository, one of which was downloaded more than 2,000 times. RubyGems, the …
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760+ malicious packages found typosquatting on RubyGems
Researchers have discovered over 760 malicious Ruby packages (aka “gems”) typosquatting on RubyGems, the Ruby community’s gem …
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Typosquatting Websites Proliferate in Run-up to US Elections
Another sign that the Internet has become the newest venue for political battles is the sheer number of websites that have sprung up that …
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Block newly-registered domains to reduce security threats in your organisation
It’s no secret that there are a lot of websites on the internet hosting malicious content whether they be phishing pages, scams or …
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