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Monday, January 26, 2026

Attention to Detail and URL's | “homoglyph” phishing typo trick discovered

Hackers Use ‘rn’ Typo Trick to Impersonate Microsoft and Marriott in New Phishing Attack


Snippet of Article: "...A sophisticated “homoglyph” phishing campaign targeting customers of Marriott International and Microsoft. Attackers are registering domains that replace the letter “m” with the combination “rn” (r + n), creating fake websites that look nearly identical to the real ones.

This technique, known as typosquatting or a homoglyph attack, exploits the way modern fonts display text. In many fonts, the letters “r” and “n” are placed next to each other (rn) look visually indistinguishable from the letter “m” (m). ..."



Source: cybersecuritynews.com

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