Unicode is great because it confirm multiple languages at the same time , fetch external discernment , universal peacefulness , and planetary dearest . And so is ICANN ’s conclusion to grant domain name that utilise non - Latin alphabets . Until both combine to steal your credit card numbers .
Or your login name , passwords , reference , or whatever other data a phishing web site can get from you .
Until now , there was an easy elbow room to prove if a site was legit or not : You just expect at the internet browser URL . If it ’s not paypal.com or amazon.com or whatever.com , then it ’s not those companies ’ web situation , no matter how well they clone their layout and graphics .
The problem will come in 2010 . That ’s when site ’ universal resource locator would start popping in non - Latin rudiment like Cyrillic . And that ’s when there will be cases of mistaken identity : Just check the image above , in which the russian word “ raural ” becomes “ paypal . ” According to trademark expert Charlie Abrahams , of MarkMonitor :
The jeopardy for ecumenical brand abuse is start to increase exponentially . It ’s difficult enough in English . At present , most e - ring mail phishing does not use anything that resembles the real internet site name . We could see the level of edification in phishing attacks increased by the usance of extraneous languages .
Can you see what this is going to be contribute ? Yes , unless someone comes up with rule shortly , this will bring a big bag full of hurt . [ The TimesviaMasable ]
Note : To those readers who enjoin there ’s no “ l ” in the Cyrillic alphabet , you are right , there ’s no “ l ” in traditional Cyrillic , but there is in theextended Cyrillic digest by Unicode .
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