security Google's .zip Top Level domain is already used in phishing attacks

[News]

Google released the top-level domain .zip to the public recently, which means that interested organizations and users may register .zip domains. Cyber criminals are already using .zip domains in phishing campaigns.

According to the SANS Internet Storm Center, about 1230 names have been registered so far. The top level domain was approved in 2014 but it took Google until May 2023 to unlock it for public registration alongside seven other domain extensions....

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[Future Sensors]

Read more:

https://medium.com/@bobbyrsec/the-dangers-of-googles-zip-tld-5e1e675e59a5

 

[Grego85]

Google is pretty dumb sometimes

 

[branding]

I was genuinely surprised when some of these nTLDs were approved by ICANN.

This is why.

 

[Future Sensors]

Google pushes .zip and .mov domains onto the Internet, and the Internet pushes back

Will new TLDs undo decades of work to stop malicious links?

Read more:

https://arstechnica.com/information...p-and-mov-domains-will-be-a-boon-to-scammers/