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June 21, 2011 02:05 pm

ICANN Domain Expansion Could Increase Phishing

Orome1 writes "The ICANN board gave final approval to what some are calling "the most dramatic change to the Internet in four decades" allowing the expansion of new TLDs. Some argue this ICANN initiative could force a land grab of domains by businesses to protect their company reputation. However, they aren't the only ones who are likely to try to snag these new top level domains. There's a very legitimate concern that cybercriminals could also seek these new domains to create legitimate looking websites using well-known brand names. These can then be used for phishing attacks or delivery of Trojan malware to unsuspecting visitors."

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