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Acquisition of domains that are likely to be abused increases with the emergence of top-level domains that are confusing with file extensions such as ``.zip'' and ``.mov''

TLD is attached to the end of the URL even in the domain, and famous ones include '.com', '.net' and '.org'. The Google Registry has now started accepting ...
Dark Reading

Google's .zip, .mov Domains Give Social Engineers a Shiny New Tool

Two new top-level domain names — .zip and .mov — have caused concern among security researchers, who say they allow for the construction of malicious URLs that even tech-savvy users are likely to miss ...
Hackaday

One File, Six Formats: Just Change The Extension

Normally, if you change a file’s extension in Windows, it doesn’t do anything positive. It just makes the file open in the wrong programs that can’t decode what’s inside. However, [PortalRunner] has ...
Houston Chronicle

Embedding Metadata Into Quicktime Files

Using the metadata option for QuickTime video files (file extension ".mov") is an effective way to name and describe business videos. Metadata is built right into files, so the descriptive information ...
The Daily Telegraph

How do I open email attachments?

Our son sent us some email attachments with a file extension .mov. When I try to open them it elicits the message ‘This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action.