Typosquatting Potential on the Official Website (an Empirical Study of Popular Websites in Indonesia)
Dimas Sasongko (a*), Agung Suprapto (b), Purwono Hendradi (a)

a. Department of Informatics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Muhammadiyah Magelang, Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia
*dimassasongko[at]ummgl.ac.id
b. Department Islamic Broadcast and Communication Studies, Faculty of Da^wa, IAIN Salatiga, Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia

Abstract

When typing the URL, users often make mistakes (typos) so that they cannot visit the desired website. The situation is made worse when the wrong URL leads to another website that the user does not wish to visit and may have been created for cybercrime purposes. This condition is called Typosquatting. Typosquatting is often used to carry out dangerous cyberattacks. This research will focus on the potential of Typosquatting popular website domains in Indonesia based on Similarweb and Alexa rankings. The purpose of the website is to see the potential for Typosquatting attacks on the website^s domain. Typosquatting potential observations were carried out using the Domain Security Test owned by Immuniweb. The results obtained from the study are the number of active domains contained in the potential domain of Typosquatting has a proportion above 70%. Typosquatting models that are most commonly used are substitution and addition and the most commonly used website destinations are Hit Stealing and Parking Domain / For Sale. Results that can be used by companies or authorized domain owners to take a precautionary strategy against user incorrect site visits resulting from typos.

Keywords: Typosquatting, Website, Domain Name System, Cyberattacks, Typo

Topic: Engineering