10-10-2026 12:15 via theregister.com

Two characters open up a world of typosquatting opportunities in Chromium browsers

Researchers say two characters available to typosquatters and phisherfolk can trick Chromium browsers into displaying lookalike URLs as genuine web addresses. Wangling a domain name to look an awful lot like that of a popular website is nothing new. We’ve all encountered phishing sites such as macrosoft[.]com and applle[.]com before in our daily struggles against spam. However, as browsers mature, new characters are always being made available for use. This opens up new opportunities for t
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