When ICANN began to allow registration of internationalized domain names—that is, domain names that use non-ASCII characters—they unwittingly opened a new method for phishing campaigns to succeed.

Few people have been aware that domain names can be applied in other languages, such as in Thai script. These are known as internationalized domain names (IDNs), which enable people to use local ...

These internationalized domain names can be displayed anywhere you might find a domain name — so that would include web browsers, email applications, messaging apps and so on. But, depending on ...