KimKomando reported:
Hackers are slipping the Japanese character “ん” (pronounced like a soft “n” and called a hiragana) into legitimate website URLs, replacing a normal slash “/.” To the naked eye, it looks normal, but click, and you’re headed straight to a malware buffet. This works because “ん” is part of Unicode, so browsers treat it as a valid web address character.
Takeaway: Authenticate your vendors or internal team members before accepting vendor supporting documents or replying to vendor inquiries.
Takeaway: Authenticate your vendors or internal team members before accepting vendor supporting documents or replying to vendor inquiries.
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