Digital squatting includes typosquatting, combosquatting, TLD abuse, and homograph attacks. These deceptive tactics all aim to capitalize on established brands and differ in their specific techniques.
Digital squatting and phishing are often treated as separate threat vectors, but they are deeply intertwined. Digital squatting is an umbrella term for various deceptive tactics that aim to capitalize on established brands and differ in their specific techniques. If phishing is the scam message, then digital squatting is the trap.
Phishing convinces the victim to click. Digital squatting gives them a believable place to land and unknowingly hand over credentials and other sensitive information.
