80% Of Mistyped URLs Lead To Typosquatting Sites: Study

Sophos study investigates every possible one-character typo of Facebook, Google, Twitter, Microsoft, Apple and Sophos homepage

December 19, 2011 / 12:10 IST

IT security and control firm,Sophos,is cautioning computer users to be careful while typing the URLs, following the results of a Sophos study into the scale of 'Typosquatting'.

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first published: Dec 19, 2011 11:56 am

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