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The peculiar, persistent threat of bitsquatting

The Parallax

When machines make typos, after correct human input, the errors can lead to an unusual form of cyberattack known as bitsquatting. The younger sibling of typosquatting, bitsquatting is hard to stop—and appears to be here for the foreseeable future. . READ MORE ON CYBERATTACKS. How bitsquatting works.

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The peculiar, persistent threat of bitsquatting

The Parallax

When machines make typos, after correct human input, the errors can lead to an unusual form of cyberattack known as bitsquatting. The younger sibling of typosquatting, bitsquatting is hard to stop—and appears to be here for the foreseeable future. “More and more devices are connecting to the Internet every day.

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