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Cybersquatting: what it is and how to protect your company<\/span><\/h1>\n

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Cybersquatting is an increasingly widespread cybercrime that leverages the value of brands <\/strong> to obtain illegitimate profits by occupying their domain.<\/p>\n

Cysquatting is becoming commonplace in the digital environment, so organizations must understand cybersquatting and find ways to protect themselves against it. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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What is cybersquatting?<\/h2>\n

Cybersquatting is registering, selling, or using a domain name in bad faith<\/strong>. It involves taking advantage of a famous brand or name’s reputation and commercial value to obtain illegitimate benefits. Essentially, cybersquatting is a form of online piracy that harms businesses and individuals.<\/p>\n

The term comes from squatting, which is the act of illegally occupying a property, with the addition of cyber, to circumscribe it to the digital environment. In this case, the occupied property would be the corporate domain. For this reason, cybersquatting is known as a cyber occupation. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Cybersquatters often register domain names or create subdomains identical or confusingly similar to well-known trademarks<\/strong> to trick users into visiting their websites. In this way, users are led to fraudulent websites with various illegal intentions, such as the sale of fake items, scams, data theft, etc.<\/p>\n

In addition, cybersquatting is often used by cybersquatters to profit from selling occupied domains to legitimate companies at exorbitant prices <\/strong> to prevent damage to their brands.<\/p>\n

ICANN has developed the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) <\/strong> to combat cybersquatting. This procedure makes it easier for affected companies to recover domain names registered in bad faith.<\/p>\n

If you want to learn more about cyberattacks on companies<\/strong>, click here\u2192 How to protect yourself amid a wave of cyberattacks on businesses.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Differences between Cybersquatting and Phishing<\/h3>\n

Although both are cybercrimes involving the misuse of names and trademarks and sometimes occur together in a cyberattack, cybersquatting and phishing are not the same thing.
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\nCybersquatting involves registering, trafficking, or using a domain name identical or similar to a well-known trademark. It aims to make financial gains through an identical or similar domain name. It doesn’t necessarily involve deceiving users or stealing personal information<\/strong>; sometimes, it’s used to force the organization to bail out that domain.<\/p>\n

Phishing<\/a> consists of sending emails or creating fake websites that imitate legitimate companies or brands to deceive users and obtain personal and financial information or login credentials. Its goal is to access accounts, steal identities, and commit fraud. <\/strong> It involves using social engineering techniques to manipulate victims into believing that they are interacting with a trusted entity.<\/p>\n

However, many times, the first step in a phishing attack is cybersquatting<\/strong>: an actual domain is used to create a fake website or profile as the basis for the deception.<\/p>\n

Some examples of cybersquatting<\/h3>\n

Some prominent examples of cybersquatting are:<\/p>\n