How to protect yourself from homoglyph attacks using fake letters

UPDATE - follow-up to Reαd carefully: how to spot – and avoid – a homoglyph attack - theguardian.com: Security experts are warning web users to stay alert against homoglyph attacks, a trick where hackers use lookalike letters from different alphabets to build fake website links that look real.

What Happened

Attackers register web addresses using foreign characters that look just like standard English letters to fool visitors into sharing personal details on copycat sites.

Protection Steps

Users can check links carefully, use password managers that fill in login details only on genuine web pages, and watch out for odd characters in the browser address bar.