Neowin News Feed for: Typosquatting

New research exposes malicious Go modules that totally wipe out your disk

David Uzondu — Fri, 02 May 2025 11:22:01 +0000

Golang's popularity and open module system unfortunately makes it a prime target for supply chain attacks, now a report shows how attackers use malicious Go modules to wipe disks. Read more...

Microsoft fails to fix major PowerShell Gallery security flaws even after claiming it did

Sayan Sen — Wed, 16 Aug 2023 22:48:01 +0000

A security threat research team had notified Microsoft about several major security vulnerabilities in its PowerShell Gallery. The flaws remain even after the tech giant claimed they were fixed. Read more...

Beware: Typosquatting campaign delivers Windows, Android malware

Justin Luna — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 07:10:01 +0000

A typosquatting campaign that steals sensitive data and infects Android and Windows devices with malware has recently been discovered. Many of the fake domains look very similar to the real ones. Read more...

Microsoft Edge is getting Workspaces, new security features, and accessibility improvements

Usama Jawad — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 16:00:04 +0000

After over a year of waiting, Microsoft has announced today that Workspaces are finally coming to its Edge browser, along with security enhancements and accessibility improvements. Read more...

Beware: Microsoft email users, even with MFA on, are unsafe from this new phishing attack

Sayan Sen — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 21:40:01 +0000

Microsoft email users are under attack from a new phishing campaign. The campaign uses the adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) technique to even bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) protection. Read more...

Microsoft Edge to tackle ‘Typosquatting' and stop users from heading to a malicious website

Alap Naik Desai — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 20:56:02 +0000

Microsoft Edge Canary Build has an additional setting in the Super Duper Secure Mode called "Typosquatting Checker", which attempts to halt Internet users from heading to a malicious website Read more...

Microsoft is fighting legal battles to restrict the use of imposter domains

Usama Jawad — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 06:54:02 +0000

Microsoft has detailed some legal activity that it is engaged in to restrict the use of malicious infrastructure such as typosquatted domains - called "homoglyphs" - that are used for impersonation. Read more...

Microsoft warns of widespread gift card scam targeting organizations

Usama Jawad — Thu, 06 May 2021 17:10:01 +0000

Microsoft has issued an advisory about a widespread and sophisticated gift card scam that is targeting organizations across various sectors. Companies are requested to use Defender for Office 365. Read more...

Researchers get 20 GB of data taken from mistyped emails

John Callaham — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 10:08:36 +0000

Researchers from the Godai Group announced this week that it took 20 GB of email data from various Fortune 500 companies by setting up web domains that were similar to the names of the legit domains. Read more...

Suit Levels Spyware, Typosquatting Allegations at Yahoo

Wed, 03 May 2006 14:28:33 +0000

A class-action lawsuit filed Monday against Yahoo! Inc. and group of unnamed third-parties accuses the company of engaging in "syndication fraud" against advertisers who pay Yahoo to display their ads on search results and on... Read more...