You might be falling for this Microsoft login scam without realizing it

Imagine clicking a genuine-looking Microsoft email with a familiar logo, layout, and URL, only to end up losing your account credentials. Phishing emails are getting smarter as threat actors are now exploiting a typographical illusion to deceive you into surrendering your login details.

This form of attack is called typosquatting, and it’s deceptively subtle. At first glance, the sender address looks legitimate. The email design matches what you’d expect from Microsoft. Even the link in the email seems right. But look closer, and you’ll notice something is off: a single character that’s enough to get your account hacked.

What’s typosquatting and how it works

A visual trick that exploits how we read

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