M4m4jor·Sep 26, 2022
You can do this yourself using DNSTwist
https://github.com/elceef/dnstwist
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Domain name permutation engine for detecting homograph phishing attacks, typo squatting, and brand impersonation
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Domain name permutation engine for detecting homograph phishing attacks, typo squatting, and brand impersonation
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7 sourcesDnstwist – detect phishing attacks, typo squatting & brand impersonation
2 points · Open discussionuseful tools to monitor "evil domains that look like yours"
https://github.com/UndeadSec/EvilURL - Generate unicode evil domains for IDN Homograph Attack and detect them.
https://github.com/elceef/dnstwist - Domain name permutation engine for detecting typo squatting, phishing and corporate espionage
Then, either buy (if you can afford them all) or block them (don't serve your pages to these domains )
In Evilginx2: Standalone man-in-the-middle attack frameworkThis is a project I've been working, wrapping the dnstwist library (https://github.com/elceef/dnstwist), to provide a list of domains "like" the one you submit, along with RSS feeds for changes and json/csv exports. I'm look to put email alerting into the mix too.
The idea is to assist in identifying possible phishing/copyright infringement domains.
Any feedback would be very welcome.
In Show HN: Dnstwister – Domain name permutation serviceDnstwist- Anti Phishing software
1 points · Open discussionDnstwist: Domain name permutation engine
1 points · Open discussionTest domain variations to detect typo squatting, phishing, corporate espionage
1 points · Open discussion