> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.infrawatch.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Typosquatting

> Find look-alike domains registered against your brands, and see what they are actually serving

Typosquatting finds domains registered to resemble yours, then collects enough
evidence for you to tell a parked misspelling from an active phishing site.

Candidates are raised against the domains and brands in your inventory, so the
detector improves as the inventory does. A `brand_name` asset with terms,
aliases, and favicons attached gives it more to match than a bare domain.

## Sort by how close it is

Every candidate carries an edit distance from the protected name, bucketed so
you can triage without reading character by character:

| Bucket            | Distance |
| ----------------- | -------- |
| Very similar      | 1        |
| Highly similar    | 2        |
| Similar           | 3 to 4   |
| Partially similar | 5 to 6   |
| Low similarity    | 7 to 10  |

Distance is a starting point, not a verdict. A single-character swap on a domain
that resolves nowhere is less urgent than a distant name serving a copy of your
login page.

## Look at what it serves

This is what separates a real queue from a list of registrations. Each finding
carries the evidence needed to make the call:

* **A screenshot** of the site, as a thumbnail in the table and a gallery you
  can page through.
* **The page** it settled on, including final URL and title after redirects.
* **A favicon** fingerprint, which catches a copied site even when the page text
  has been changed.
* **Registration** detail: registrar, and when the domain was registered.
* **Where it resolves**: A, AAAA, and CNAME records, IP addresses, and
  nameservers, plus the hosting provider.

<Tip>
  Sort by registration date. A look-alike registered this week and already
  serving a copy of your login page is an active campaign; one registered six
  years ago and parked is somebody's expired portfolio.
</Tip>

## Trace it back

Each finding lists the protected domains it was raised against, so when a
candidate matches several of your brands you can see which parts of the
inventory it threatens rather than guessing.

## Work the finding

Typosquatting candidates are detector-owned. You cannot create one by hand, and
you work them through the shared lifecycle: accept, resolve, ignore, mark false
positive, or reopen.

Marking one as a false positive is worth doing properly. It is the signal that
keeps a legitimate partner domain or a name you own yourself out of next week's
queue.

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    Terms, aliases, and favicons give the detector more to match.
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    Phishing and impersonation categories used across Infrawatch.
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