What term refers to impersonating a brand or domain by misspelling it?

• A. Impersonation
• B. Sender Spoofing
• C. Typosquatting
• D. URL Shorteners

Answer: (C)

Typosquatting is the practice of registering domain names that are common misspellings or typographical variants of a legitimate brand to impersonate it. By exploiting human error when people type a URL, attackers create lookalike sites that resemble the real one, aiming to trick users into visiting the fake site, stealing credentials, delivering malware, or hijacking traffic. This term precisely describes the scenario of impersonating a brand or domain through misspelling. The other ideas are broader or unrelated: impersonation can involve many methods beyond misspellings, sender spoofing focuses on forging email addresses, and URL shorteners are just a way to shorten links and don’t inherently involve deception by misspelling.