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!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] ([Internationalized Domain Name]) is a [Phishing] [attack] where a [malicious] [entity] may deceive computer users about what remote system they are communicating with, by exploiting the fact that many different characters look alike.\\
For [example], a regular user of example.com may be lured to click a link where the Latin A is replaced with the Cyrillic A.
[Unicode] incorporates numerous writing systems, and, for a number of reasons, similar-looking characters such as Greek Ο, Latin O, and Cyrillic О were not assigned the same code. Their incorrect or [malicious] usage is a possibility for security [attacks].
[{$pagename}] is used and a [Security Consideration] for [Internationalized Domain Names] ([IDN]) and [Internationalized Resource Identifiers] ([IRIs]) when used within [URLs]
The registration of homographic domain names is akin to typosquatting, in that both forms of attacks use a similar-looking name to a more established domain to fool a user. The major difference is that in typosquatting the perpetrator relies on natural human typos, while in homograph spoofing the perpetrator intentionally deceives the [End-User] with visually indistinguishable names.
!! More Information
There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:
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* [#1] - [IDN homograph attack|Wikipedia:IDN_homograph_attack|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2018-01-24-
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