Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Have you been (IDN) homographed
Check this out?
1. Open the "proof of concept" link in the following article
https://www.xudongz.com/blog/2017/idn-phishing/
2. It will show "apple"
3. Copy the URL and paste it in a text browser and it will show
https://www.xn--80ak6aa92e.com/
That's IDN Homograph attack
There is NO-WAY you can visually identify if the URL is FAKE. So, what can you do?
The article above also provides a few hints on how to protect.
Wikipedia Link :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDN_homograph_attack
Have Fun
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Vulnerability
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