A Uniform Resource Locator (or URL) is nothing more than a fancy term for a website address such as http://www.google.com. A URL is the name you type when you want to visit a website or web page. When you type a URL into your browser, your browser takes the name and resolves it into an IP address; that IP address is where the website is located on the Internet. Your browser then connects to the website and downloads the page to your browser, which you then view.
The problem is cyber criminals can play a variety of tricks on you with URLs, making you think you are visiting a legitimate site when you are really visiting a different website controlled by them: one that is most likely designed to steal your information or attack your browser and infect your computer. Where you think you are going and where you are actually going can be two different things. Let’s review how a URL works, several common URL attacks and how you can protect yourself against them.
Source: SANS Ouch! Security Newsletter
| Title | Language |
|---|---|
| URL Shorteners / QR Codes | English |
| URL Shorteners / QR Codes (epub version, for tablets only) | English |
| الروابط المختصرة / الرموز المربعة | Arabic |
| URL缩短工具 / 二维码 | Chinese, Simplified |
| URL Verkorters / QR Codes | Dutch |
| 使統一資源定位變短的服務 / “QR” 密碼 | Chinese, Traditional |
| QRکوتاه گر نشانی و کدهای | Farsi |
| Services de réduction d’URL / QR Codes | French |
| Kurz-URL-Dienste / QR Codes | German |
| Rövid URL-ek és QR kódok | Hungarian |
| Abbreviatori di URL e codici QR | Italian |
| 短縮URLとQRコード | Japanese |
| URL 단축기 /QR 코드 | Korean |
| Pemendek URL/Kod QR | Malaysian |
| URL-forkortere / QR-koder | Norwegian |
| Skracanie adresów URL / Kody QR | Polish |
| Encurtadores de URL / Códigos QR | Portuguese |
| Короткие URL ссылки/QR коды | Russian |
| URL Shortener-i / QR Kodovi | Serbian |
| Acortadores de URL y códigos QR | Spanish |
| URL Kısaltıcıları / QR Kodları | Turkish |
| URL شارٹ ن ز / QR کوڈز | Urdu |
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