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Cybercriminals Abuse New TLDs in Phishing, Malware Attacks

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Sep

2014

The recent expansion of generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) has attracted the attention of cybercriminals who have started abusing them for their malicious operations, researchers warned this week.

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Amazon beats Google to the punch on .buy with $4.6M purchase

18

Sep

2014

Amazon now owns the .buy top-level domain. How exactly the company will use it remains to be seen.

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Senator Jay Rockefeller Opposes the ‘.sucks’ Domain

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Mar

2014

Jay Rockefeller, the Democratic Senator from West Virginia, came out strongly this week against the ‘.sucks’ top-level domain, which he described as “little more than a predatory shakedown scheme.” Some background: generic top-level domains (gTLDs) are the endings of URLs, such as .com, .edu, .gov, and of course, .biz. ICANN, the international group that administers […]

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Cybercriminals Abuse New TLDs in Phishing, Malware Attacks

Amazon beats Google to the punch on .buy with $4.6M purchase

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