jbzfn, to infosec
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🔎 Google-hosted malvertising leads to fake Keepass site that looks genuine
➥Ars Technica

「 There’s no surefire way to detect either malicious Google ads or punycode-encoded URLs. Posting ķeepass[.]info into all five major browsers leads to the imposter site. When in doubt, people can open a new browser tab and manually type the URL, but that’s not always feasible when they’re long 」

https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/10/google-hosted-malvertising-leads-to-fake-keepass-site-that-looks-genuine/

itnewsbot, to security
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Google-hosted malvertising leads to fake Keepass site that looks genuine - Enlarge (credit: Miragec/Getty Images)

Google has been caught ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1977141

north, to random
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I was hoping https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/21440 would fix some of the IDN display issues I see on this instance, but alas, I'm still Punycode in most places.

(Edit: Testing - https://ꩰ.com | https://xn--8r9a.com)

Edent, to random
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🆕 blog! “Some more silly Punycode domain names”

You know how it is, you buy one silly domain name and then you get an idea for loads more! A few weeks ago, I got https://⏻.ga/ - I think I'm the first person to get a domain name which uses a glyph from the Miscellaneous Symbols Unicode block. How exciting! And that got me […]

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2022/12/some-more-silly-punycode-domain-names/

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Edent,
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Bah! Now that have died, all the above domains have been taken down.

Is there anyone still offering free domain names on obscure TLDs?

Edent, to random
@Edent@mastodon.social avatar

🔥.me.ss! You can't register emoji domains in South Sudan

It's useful to share negative results. Not every experiment has an amazing or successful outcome.

tl;dr you can't register Punycode .ss domains.

This also means Internet users in South Sudan can't register domains using their own writing system.

Background

The Republic of South Sudan became independent and joine

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/07/hot-mess-a-new-emoji-domain/

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