When Microsoft added Super Safe Mode to the Edge web browser, it was serious. This new security feature will begin to try to protect Internet users from entering malicious websites by entering the wrong URL (the risk of this spelling error, security researchers named it Typosquatting). Wrong web addresses are very common, and Internet users often encounter 404 pages.
However, cleverly using spelling errors to directly connect users’ failures to malicious pages is an increasingly lucrative temptation, and malicious cybercriminals are taking advantage of this approach. Aware of this increasingly serious threat and the increasing number of visits to malicious websites that often enter the wrong address, Microsoft has now increased measures to warn users.
Microsoft recently updated its Chromium-based web browser. The current version of Microsoft Edge is 96.0.1054.53. However, Super Safe Mode or SDSM takes some time to provide protection to prevent Typosquatting. Microsoft has added Typosquatting Checker to the latest canary version of Microsoft Edge.
Microsoft explained: Typosquatting is what we call it when people-usually criminals-register common spelling mistakes in the domain name of a malicious website as their own domain name. If users make a mistake or misspell a legitimate website, they can, and often will go to the wrong website.
And a well-crafted fake website can easily deceive users and make them surrender their account information. In the future, Microsoft Edge can warn users that they may misspell or type the address of a website incorrectly. This new feature is available in the experimental version of the Edge browser. Therefore, it is unclear exactly how the web browser will protect users from Typosqautters.
In the current version, Typosquatting Checker will warn users of their mistakes. However, in the future, Microsoft may just adjust this feature to ensure that Internet users automatically go to the correct website. In both cases, the company may need to actively explore legal channels to avoid disputes.