A common misspelling of the target domain (CSOnline.com rather than CSOOnline.com, for example)
A different top-level domain (using .uk rather than .co.uk)
Combining related words into the domain (CSOOnline-Cybersecurity.com)
Adding periods to the URL (CSO.Online.com)
Using similar looking letters to hide the false domain (ÇSÓOnliné.com)
“Can you see the difference between goggle.com and google.com?” says Russell Haworth, CEO of Nominet, which acts as the registry for the .uk domain. “Essentially, typosquatting is a lookalike domain with one or two wrong or different characters with the aim of trying to trick people onto the wrong webpage.”