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April 27, 2005
Oops, Did You Mean To Type 'google'?
Next time you try and access Google, be careful how you type. This article in eWeek points out that typing 'googkle' instead of 'google' lands you at a malicious site that then attempts to install beasties such as backdoors and trojan droppers on your host.
I say the attackers/typosquatters are extremely enterprising, and evil to do this. I wonder what their motives are? Surely, there's money being made on their end. It used to be that if you mistyped certain domains, you'd just get porn, but this is definitely another step up. And, IMHO, another reason why we need honeyclients to help with finding sites like this, and warning the public, before they get a chance to do much damage.
Posted by Kathy at April 27, 2005 06:29 PM