Homograph attacks are common because people can't tell the difference between similar characters This article explores credentials homoglyph attacks. . Attackers often register mixed-script domains by putting Latin letters next to letters from other languages.

Attackers use these fake domains for targeted credential harvesting, malvertising, and even getting around supply-chain security by pretending to be trusted software repository packages. To protect against homoglyph threats, you need to do more than just allowlist visible strings. Quick Heal and Seqrite security experts say that businesses need to use strict technical controls and strong governance to catch these advanced visual tricks. They say that layered protections are very important in today's fight against IDN abuse.

These protections stop bad look-alike infrastructure, and they also look at suspicious domain patterns in real time before phishing emails get to users' inboxes.

Experts say that the best way to deal with this very sneaky technique is to combine strong Unicode inspection, strict mixed-script blocking, and proactive threat monitoring. This lowers the risk to a manageable level. The authors say that businesses need to do realistic phishing tests that focus on domains that look like their own.

They also say that using multi-factor authentication (MFA) on all business services makes stolen credentials much less useful. To learn more about Quick Heal, go to the company's website or read this blog post: http://quickheal.com/blog/2013/01/07/how-to-protect-your-online-credentials-from-homoglyph-attacks-and-how-do-you-stop-it.