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An attacker registers a domain differing from a bank's by one transposed letter. What is this technique, and what does it exploit?

  1. Pretexting; a fabricated scenario
  2. Watering hole; a compromised trusted site
  3. Typosquatting; a user's keyboard slip
  4. Session hijacking; a stolen identifier
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Answer: C. Typosquatting; a user's keyboard slip

The mistyped address delivers the user to the attacker's site without any message being sent.

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