Okokuqala, kuyadingeka ukucacisa ukuthi hlobo luni lokuhluthwa yilabo abangalazi leli gama, luhlobo losongo olungakwazi beka idatha yethu engcupheni enkulu, okusho ukuthi, ukwehluleka lapho uthayipha incwadi ekhelini le-URL ngekhibhodi, singafinyelela iwebhusayithi enobungozi singanakile.
Kungakho lolu hlobo lwe-cyberattack lwaziwa nangokuthi i-URL HIJACKING (hijacking hijacking). Labo abayisebenzisayo bayisebenzisela bhalisa amakheli atholakele kusuka egameni elithile lewebhusayithi edumile kwi-intanethi, kulokhu iApple.com, kepha ngokusobala kunephutha lokuloba njenge "Apple.om", ngakho-ke kuhloswe kubasebenzisi beMac noma ama-Windows computer "abamba" abasebenzisi abangenalwazi.
Ngokusho kwabaphenyi bezokuphepha e-EndGame, isizinda esiphakeme sezwe lase-Middle East i-Oman (.om) kuxhashazwa ama-typosquatters Sebevele babhalise ngaphezu kwamagama wesizinda angama-300 anesijobelelo .om sezinkampani zase-US nezinsizakalo ezinjengeCitibank, iDell, neMacys noma i-Gmail.
Abasebenzisi beMac OS X basobala kulo mkhankaso we-malware typosquatting. Ngokuya nge-EndGame, lapho umsebenzisi we-Mac ekhubeka kwelinye lalawa makhasi wewebhu anesijobelelo se-. ini Sivele sikhulume kulokhu okunye okuthunyelwe.
I-Genieo uhlobo lokuhlukile kwe-malware / adware okuvame ukungena kuhlelo lomsebenzisi ukuzenza isibuyekezo seFlash. Uma ususekhompyutheni ekhonjiwe, i-Genieo iyazithola esithombeni se-.DMG kamuva esisebenzisa ubungozi besistimu ukuze izifake ngokuzenzakalela njengesandiso kuzo zonke iziphequluli ezisekelwayo (i-Chrome, Firefox, noma i-Safari). Ngakho-ke uyazi, kusukela manje kuqhubeke kuzofanele unake kakhulu lapho ubhala ikheli elifanele futhi ubheka isitifiketi sokuphepha ukwazi ukuthi sisesizeni esethembekile.