I.T. Advent tip #18: Avoid typosquatting – type carefully at Christmas!

Typosquatting is the act of buying URLs similar to famous or well-known ones in hopes that people type the wrong letter when entering the web address.  This enables a hacker to:

Add malware or ransomware to your computer

Steal your information

Type carefumbly this Christmas!

Advent tip brought to you by Sophos