What on earth is this web page? You expected to see a rich selection of news, ideas and innovation at www.newsceintsit.com – not an odd listing of links to other pages. Neither did you expect to find, when you closed that window, another window promising gambling joy or enhanced sexual pleasure. Grr!
Of course, you meant to visit www.newscientist.com – but you were trapped by a typosquatter. Typosquatting is the practice of registering web addresses that differ from popular destinations by single-letter errors or transpositions – typos in editors’ jargon. The typosquatter can then redirect unsuspecting visitors to various kinds of…
