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Homograph attacks: How hackers exploit look-alike domains

Several years ago, a security researcher discovered a vulnerability in Google Chrome that allowed fake domains to bypass the browser’s security measures. The researcher registered a domain that appeared as “xn--80ak6aa92e.com” but displayed as “apple.com” in the browser, demonstrating how easy it was to deceive users. This is just one example of what’s known as a homograph attack, or sometimes a ‘look-a-like domain’.

Can End-to-End Encryption Be Hacked?

We have become so reliant on communicating on the Internet that sometimes we need to take a minute to consider how our data is being protected and whether what we send on the Internet is truly safe. While end-to-end encryption has become integral to protecting our data online, you may be thinking, can end-to-end encryption be hacked?