A new type of cybersecurity threat has recently taken off and while phishing scams are the main concern, now even friends and family might unwittingly facilitate a cyber attack.
Last month, Google released new top-level domains – the suffixes at the end of URLs, like “.com” or “.ie”. Two of the new domains were the familiar to us “.zip” and “.mov”.
Now, if a trusted friend or family member sends someone photos in a zip folder over email and types the file name, what was previously plain text could now resolve as a link and go to a malicious website. People expecting to see a new zip download could then download malware without realising it.
