Bug 469930 - Scam detection: Consider misleading substitute characters in URL userinfo
Summary: Scam detection: Consider misleading substitute characters in URL userinfo
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: kdepim
Classification: Applications
Component: messageviewer (show other bugs)
Version: GIT (master)
Platform: unspecified All
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdepim bugs
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Reported: 2023-05-18 08:29 UTC by Mia Herkt
Modified: 2023-05-18 08:29 UTC (History)
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Description Mia Herkt 2023-05-18 08:29:15 UTC
Recently, some new gTLDs like .zip have been getting a lot of attention, with people pointing out how easily they can be used to mislead users. One the ways this can be done is to use the @ symbol and characters like ∕ (U+2215 DIVISION SLASH):

https://download.kde.org∕stable∕krita∕5.1.5∕@kritax64515.zip

The above URL leads to a domain called kritax64515.zip – what looks like a path on the download.kde.org domain to an unsuspecting user is merely the userinfo subcomponent of that URL.

It is probably a good idea to try and detect this.