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New Threats to Security - NYSERNet

Written by Christy Rohmer | Nov 30, 2017 5:00:00 AM

Researchers at Stony Brook University and Georgia Tech are warning against a threat known as ‘combo-squatting.’  Combo-squatting occurs when extra words are added to a legitimate domain name, which then leads to a malicious website.

Read more at: https://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/mmg_disp.jsp?med_id=133128