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Real Site or Typosquat?

One letter makes a copycat. Is each link on the real site, or a typosquat? Land five in a row.

⚑ Complete this interactive to capture a CTF flag worth 5 points.

About this interactive

What you are doing: deciding whether a link goes to the organization’s real domain or to a lookalike. Typosquatting (also called URL hijacking, a sting site, a cousin domain or a fake URL) relies on a typo: a letter swapped, missing, doubled or replaced with one that looks alike, or the .com shortened to .co. The page looks like the real one, but the domain belongs to the scammer. How to use it: find the domain, the name right before the first single slash. A real page can sit on a subdomain to the left (mail., portal.) or a path to the right (/login, /pay) of the real domain. A typosquat changes the domain itself. Compare it with the real one letter by letter. A wrong answer resets your streak and shows why.

What you'll learn

Aligned to

CompTIA Security+
2.2 Explain common threat vectors and attack surfaces.
5.6 Given a scenario, implement security awareness practices.

Key terms

Typosquatting
A form of impersonation that registers misspelled or look-alike domain names to deceive users into visiting fraudulent websites.
URL Hijacking
An alternate term for typosquatting, where a deceptive URL is used to redirect users to a malicious or impersonating website.
Cybersquatting
An impersonation technique where an attacker registers a domain name that mimics a legitimate brand or organization to deceive users.
Brandjacking
An attack in which a threat actor uses another organization's trademarks, logos, or brand identity to impersonate and misrepresent that organization.

Topics

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