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Detection Methods

Weard uses multiple sophisticated algorithms to identify suspicious domains that could be targeting your brand.

Combined Detection Approach

We run all detection methods on every new domain. Each method assigns a score, and we combine them to determine the overall threat level. This multi-layered approach catches different types of attacks:

Levenshtein catches character-level changes and typos
Homograph detects lookalike characters from different alphabets
Typosquatting finds common typing mistakes
Combosquatting identifies suspicious word combinations
Bitsquatting exploits hardware memory errors and bit flips
Hyphenation catches domains with inserted hyphens or dots
TLD Squatting identifies wrong domain extensions
Subdomain Squatting finds brand names used as subdomains