Detecting Homoglyph Attacks with Toolzr’s Character Identifier

Phishing attacks often rely on visually deceptive characters to trick users into clicking malicious links or revealing sensitive information. These attacks exploit homoglyphs—characters from different writing systems that look almost identical but have different Unicode values. To combat this, we’ve built the Character Identifier tool on Toolzr. It helps developers, security professionals, and system administrators analyze text and detect hidden character substitutions that could indicate phishing attempts.

Feb 14, 2025 - 00:25
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Detecting Homoglyph Attacks with Toolzr’s Character Identifier

Phishing attacks often rely on visually deceptive characters to trick users into clicking malicious links or revealing sensitive information. These attacks exploit homoglyphs—characters from different writing systems that look almost identical but have different Unicode values.

To combat this, we’ve built the Character Identifier tool on Toolzr. It helps developers, security professionals, and system administrators analyze text and detect hidden character substitutions that could indicate phishing attempts.