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Kerning is the typographic term for the spacing between letters or characters in a piece of text to be printed.

Keming is what it looks like when you fuck up the kerning.

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Hackers Replace 'm' with 'rn' in Microsoft(.)com to Steal Users' Login Credentials (cybersecuritynews.com)

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cross-posted from: https://suppo.fi/post/9183817

A sophisticated phishing campaign is currently leveraging a subtle typographical trick to bypass user vigilance, deceiving victims into handing over sensitive login credentials. Attackers utilize the domain “rnicrosoft.com” to impersonate the tech giant.

By replacing the letter ‘m’ with the combination of ‘r’ and ‘n’, fraudsters create a visual doppleganger that is nearly indistinguishable from the legitimate domain at a casual glance.

This technique, known as typosquatting, relies heavily on the font rendering used in modern email clients and web browsers.

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[–] dephyre@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So it was Microsoft.corn. 🤦

[–] Macchi_the_Slime@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago

No in this case it'd be rnicrosoft.com. The m in Microsoft in the domain is the one they replace with rn hoping targets won't notice.

[–] Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Ahh yes. The dreaded .corn TLD. The moniker of all the 1337 hackers in Iowa.