Re: ⚠️ How Scammer tried to Hack my Bitcointalk and how to Protect yourself?⚠️

Quote from: dkbit98 on August 08, 2019, 09:14:09 AM

Code:

https://bitcointalk.oгg/index.php?topic=5154525.0#msg51488782

Firefox expands it to this:

Code:

https://bitcointalk.xn--og-hlc/index.php?topic=5154525.0#msg51488782

And then obviously can't find the site.

If I try this (the first 5 characters copied from the URL from the PM, then "test" added by me:

Code:

k.oгgtest

Firefox turns it into this:

Code:

http://www.k.xn--ogtest-pof/

What kind of sorcery is this?

It reminds me of the homograph attack, which is now automatically replacred on all English boards.

This is the culprit:

Code:

Google confirms it's Cyrillic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ge_(Cyrillic)

I guess theymos missed this one.