WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Internet users have been told for years to inspect a website address before clicking a suspicious link. A phishing technique known as a homoglyph attack
The message had already been routed into my spam folder by Google's filtering system. While legitimate emails can occasionally end up there, I generally treat anything in my spam folder with an extra level of skepticism. At the same time, I no longer assume that every message flagged as spam is malicious. Earlier this year, major email providers including Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft tightened their email authentication and spam filtering, making their filters far more aggressive. As a result, I now review my spam folder much more carefully because legitimate business inquiries occasionally end up there; some never make it to my inbox at all.
PALM BEACH, FL – The scale of domain name abuse targeting the world’s most recognizable brands has reached a new threshold, according to a January 2026 analysis examining typo and