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New Things to Beware on the Internet

On May 3rd, Google released 8 new top-level domains (TLDs) -- these are new values like .com, .org, .biz, domain names. These new TLDs were made available for public registration via any domain registrar on May 10th.

Usually, this should be a cool info, move on with your life and largely ignore it moment.

Except a couple of these new domain names are common file type extensions: ".zip" and ".mov".

This means typing out a file name could resolve into a link that takes you to one of these new URLs, whether it's in an email, on your tumblr blog post, a tweet, or in file explorer on your desktop.

What was previously plain text could now resolve as link and go to a malicious website where people are expecting to go to a file and therefore download malware without realizing it.

Folk monitoring these new domain registrations are already seeing some clearly malicious actors registering and setting this up. Some are squatting the domain names trying to point out what a bad idea this was. Some already trying to steal your login in credentials and personal info.

This is what we're seeing only 12 days into the domains being available. Only 5 days being publicly available.

What can you do? For now, be very careful where you type in .zip or .mov, watch what website URLs you're on, don't enable automatic downloads, be very careful when visiting any site on these new domains, and do not type in file names without spaces or other interrupters.

I'm seeing security officers for companies talking about wholesale blocking .zip and .mov domains from within the company's internet, and that's probably wise.

Be cautious out there.

conclusions i drew from listening to spin the wheel:

heimerdinger’s into gambling now it’s how he’s coping

hakuna matata

I think the entire qsmp egg event is such an interesting look into the human psyche and imprinting and if I were a psych major I’d be eating that shit up or something. There’s something to be said about this whole thing with not only the viewers getting attached but the streamers as well. And the people who said they wouldn’t get attached getting attached and not only that but getting emotional too. Over a couple of pixels. Someone smarter than me can definitely say it better but still

Wtaf is this lmfao

Guys is ao3 down or is my wifi bad😭😭😭😭

Hey,

If you're on mobile you can

1. Hold the reblog button to reblog

2. Hold the new post button and drag it around the screen to make a rainbow trail (no functional purpose)

3. Hold the like button to make the heart vibrate

he posted this 15 minutes ago and I have no one to talk to about this

Y’all is ao3 crashing again what is going on😭😭