In today's digital world, we all need to be aware of the tricks and traps that can catch us out online. One of these tricks is called an Internationalised Domain Name (IDN) homograph attack. It's a fancy name, but it's really just a way for online tricksters to make a fake website look like a real one.

While you may think of Donald Trump and his love of the term “Fake News”, this is not a new term. However, it is becoming harder to determine when something is, in fact, fake news. Why you ask? Technology is making it easy for content to be created from virtually nothing of real substance. Couple this with the reach and viral nature of social media and such fake news can spread like wildfire.