METHODS OF DETECTING AND RECOVERING

AFTER HOMOGLYPH ATTACKS

Roman TOLSTOSHEYEV

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Baku Higher Oil School, Baku, Azerbaijan

DOI: 10.64404/JoDRM.2025.1.16

Issue: Vol. 16, Issue 1 (30) / 2025

Abstract

      The problem of homoglyph attacks has become significant nowadays. Due to the increasing range of characters in modern encoding systems, similar symbols are being added. This tendency causes problems in distinguishing characters, which hackers exploit in spoofing attacks. In this research, an attempt is made to examine the problem of homoglyph attacks and provide an overview of practical solutions, such as different algorithms. Additionally, a solution to address the issue of spoofing attacks using the Levenshtein edit distance algorithm, widely used in spell checking, will be provided. The proposed solution, which utilizes a backend application written in the Java programming language with the Spring technology stack, can detect homoglyphs and attempt to replace them with normal characters. Additionally, a desktop client for the application is also presented.

Key words

homoglyph, UTF-encoding, obfuscation, spoofing, dynamic programming.

Cite this article: Tolstosheyev, R. (2025). Methods of detecting and recovering after homoglyph attacks. Journal of Defense Resources Management, 16(1), 321-336. https://doi.org/10.64404/JoDRM.2025.1.16

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