MySpace Takes First Place — But It’s a Most Dubious Honor
Ledger - Tynan wrote that the technique is known as “typosquatting, where a site owner deliberately registers a misspelling of a popular domain in the hopes of attracting the actual site’s traffic.” It was one of some 5,500 such deceptive domain names owned by
November 2004
Out-Law - phone database reunites phones and owners Queen announces ID cards Casino pays $28,000 for Holy toast Phishing attacks going automatic, says industry group Actor fined for Oscars piracy Three major labels join P2P service Free speech claim in typosquatting
Email Software Company Gives Product for Free
MarketingVOX - Arial Software, maker of packages for email marketers, will offer a free version of its Campaign Enterprise product. The software will include the same message customization features and spam filter checks as its very much not free Campaign
F-Secure Corporation Data Security Summary
F-Secure - Typosquatting for careless typists Earlier this year we saw evidence of typosquatting with the Google surfers mispelling it as googkle leading them to all manner of malware ridden sites instead. In the autumn, an even larger exploit
Yahoo faces class-action spyware, ad sales suit
Computerworld Australia - In addition, Yahoo places ads on so-called “typosquatting” Web sites, the lawsuit says. Typosquatters register Web sites that have URLs that are common misspellings of popular Web brands, and many typosquatting sites that Yahoo placed premium ads
SurfControl Warns Internet Users of a Malicious Web Site Posing as
Market Wire - The spoofed Web site utilizes typosquatting, a technique that mimics a legitimate looking domain and delivers a fraudulent Google page that looks identical to the original. The fraudulent Google site attempts to install ActiveX controls on a user’s
May 2001
Out-Law - IT security professionals will need a licence in UK RIP Act cannot yet be used for black boxes 38% of European dot.com PLCs found profit last year Lawsuit alleges dealings in stolen domain name Kevin Spacey beats usual suspect in typosquatting case
Arbitration Is Weapon of Choice in Growing Number of Domain Name
Law.com - Typosquatting, a form of cybersquatting that involves capturing another company’s Web traffic by registering misspelled versions of a well-known Internet site or brand name, is driving much of the growth in domain-name disputes, according to
Crime (Hong Kong law)
Out-Law - You can learn more about typosquatting in our Branding and Intellectual Property guide. Internet pornography Pursuant to the Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles Ordinance (Cap 390), it is an offence to publish an obscene article. Publication
The porn free PC (page 1)
PC Authority - Typosquatters’ buy domain names very similar to popular sites, in order to make money from the inevitable typing mistakes people make from time to time. www.alo.com is a prime example of typosquatting, and captures traffic from would-be AOL.com