Post by account_disabled on Dec 2, 2023 5:50:58 GMT
In practice, cybersquatting consists of registering domains corresponding to well-known brands or famous people, with the clear aim of obtaining an economic advantage. For example, if a user registered the domains facebook.online and facebook.site with the aim of directing traffic to FaceBook sites to another business or to sell such domains to Mark Zuckerberg's company at exorbitant prices, he would be committing an act of cybersquatting. Variations of cybersquatting The term Cybersquatting encompasses various types of cyber crime with different nuances: Domain grabbing. This is the most common type, it consists of registering a domain with the sole purpose of reselling it to the legitimate owner of the rights to the brand.
Typosquatting . It consists of registering Special Data variations of the domain name attributable to a well-known brand with small typing errors compared to the original domain (for example, registe.it is registered instead of register.it). In this case, the aim is often to create a phishing site to push the user to enter personal data in the belief that it is the official site of the well-known brand. Namejacking/Brandjacking . It consists of purchasing domains containing the name of a famous person or a well-known brand to direct online searches for that person or brand towards an often malicious site, exposing users to the.
danger of phishing. Identity theft . This involves the purchase of non-renewed domains following the expiration of the registration, to review them to the previous owner. To identify expiring domains, cybersquatters often use programs developed specifically to scan web registers. Gripe sites . These are websites created with the aim of mocking or offending well-known brands, famous people or large companies. Gripe sites can be legitimate if, while using a well-known name or trademark in the domain name, they do not have defamatory content against the holder of the rights to the trademark.
Typosquatting . It consists of registering Special Data variations of the domain name attributable to a well-known brand with small typing errors compared to the original domain (for example, registe.it is registered instead of register.it). In this case, the aim is often to create a phishing site to push the user to enter personal data in the belief that it is the official site of the well-known brand. Namejacking/Brandjacking . It consists of purchasing domains containing the name of a famous person or a well-known brand to direct online searches for that person or brand towards an often malicious site, exposing users to the.
danger of phishing. Identity theft . This involves the purchase of non-renewed domains following the expiration of the registration, to review them to the previous owner. To identify expiring domains, cybersquatters often use programs developed specifically to scan web registers. Gripe sites . These are websites created with the aim of mocking or offending well-known brands, famous people or large companies. Gripe sites can be legitimate if, while using a well-known name or trademark in the domain name, they do not have defamatory content against the holder of the rights to the trademark.