Security News > 2018 > October > Explosion of look-alike domains aims to steal sensitive data from online shoppers

Venafi released research on the explosion of look-alike domains, which are routinely used to steal sensitive data from online shoppers. Venafi’s research analyzed suspicious domains targeting the top 20 retailers in five key markets: the U.S., U.K., France, Germany and Australia. As the rate of online shopping increases, customers are being targeted through look-alike domains. Cyber attackers create these fake domains by substituting a few characters in the URLs. Because they point to malicious online … More → The post Explosion of look-alike domains aims to steal sensitive data from online shoppers appeared first on Help Net Security.

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