Registering domains similar to legitimate ones to catch users who mistype URLs.
Typosquatting involves registering domain names that are slight misspellings of popular websites—gooogle.com, microsft.com, or similar variations. When users mistype URLs, they land on attacker-controlled sites that might host phishing pages, malware downloads, or fraudulent content designed to look like the intended destination. Typosquatting also targets brand variations, hyphenated versions, and different top-level domains (.co instead of .com).
Why It Matters
The DSC Perspective:
Typosquatting can direct your users or customers to malicious sites. Organisations should consider registering common misspellings of their domains. DNS filtering can block known typosquatting domains.