Punycode phishing attacks exploit Unicode’s strength

JC Torres - Apr 21, 2017 In the past, it was easy to detect a fake website address designed to scam unsuspecting users. At least if you have a keen eye and a cautious mind. Now, however, it has just gotten harder to detect such phishing attacks with just your eyes. To make matters worse, even browsers are no help at all. These “homograph” phishing URLs, for all intents and purposes, looks exactly like a regular, safe URL. Except they arent’t. And, unfortunately, they are taking advantage of the fact that computers these days can display more languages and characters than you might even be aware of. Full Article