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> the phishing risk, the malware risk .app is an extension used on MacOS for app installers. Yet the .app TLD didn't seem to materialize phishing/malware risk
by dist-epoch 3y ago
> the phishing risk, the malware risk
.app is an extension used on MacOS for app installers. Yet the .app TLD didn't seem to materialize phishing/malware risk since it's 2018 introduction.
The exact same arguments were made back then:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16974572 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16974572
https://cash.app/ https://cash.app/
- 8organicbits 3y agoAgreed, the same risk does exist. But .zip already has malicious use, so the comparison is moot. What's different is that normal users of all platforms talk about .zip files, only slightly-technical MacOS users talk about .app. That attack base and opportunity is much smaller. https://news.netcraft.com/archives/2023/05/17/phishing-attacks-already-using-the-zip-tld.html https://news.netcraft.com/archives/2023/05/17/phishing-attac...