New Things To Beware On The Internet

New Things to Beware on the Internet

On May 3rd, Google released 8 new top-level domains (TLDs) -- these are new values like .com, .org, .biz, domain names. These new TLDs were made available for public registration via any domain registrar on May 10th.

Usually, this should be a cool info, move on with your life and largely ignore it moment.

Except a couple of these new domain names are common file type extensions: ".zip" and ".mov".

This means typing out a file name could resolve into a link that takes you to one of these new URLs, whether it's in an email, on your tumblr blog post, a tweet, or in file explorer on your desktop.

What was previously plain text could now resolve as link and go to a malicious website where people are expecting to go to a file and therefore download malware without realizing it.

Folk monitoring these new domain registrations are already seeing some clearly malicious actors registering and setting this up. Some are squatting the domain names trying to point out what a bad idea this was. Some already trying to steal your login in credentials and personal info.

This is what we're seeing only 12 days into the domains being available. Only 5 days being publicly available.

What can you do? For now, be very careful where you type in .zip or .mov, watch what website URLs you're on, don't enable automatic downloads, be very careful when visiting any site on these new domains, and do not type in file names without spaces or other interrupters.

I'm seeing security officers for companies talking about wholesale blocking .zip and .mov domains from within the company's internet, and that's probably wise.

Be cautious out there.

Autism. Is. A. Disability. Autism is a disability!! How many times do people have to say it? It’s not just a neurotype, it’s not just our brains working differently, it’s not JUST THAT. I’m angry by this stupid debate. If your autism doesn’t affect you as much, great! But sometimes it affects people. It affects them greatly. I can’t go out by myself, I have meltdowns, I can’t cook complicated things, I can’t be alone for extended periods of time, I’ll never live alone probably, I have bad sensory issues. THATS A DISABILITY. MY AUTISM IS A DISABILITY. If you can’t say the word disabled or think it’s bad, then you need to do some self reflection. I’m tired of this debate. It’s getting old and frustrating. Stop it. You can identify as you want I don’t care, but don’t go around telling people how they should identify.

Exhausted and anxious post-headache rambles, yay~!

So today's episode of The Sun and Moon Show...

The fact that the computer states that "Miku" has been stalking Sun and Moon every single day of the year... this is the one time that I hope the computer is joking and is just withholding the truth unlike before. Call it denial on my part, but the idea of that being true is legitimately horrifying -- especially because this happens in real life all the freaking time!

The Computer has been rude, but they seem to have become particularly mean to Sun and if they lied just to get under his figurative skin, right after what little self-esteem he had left was STOMPED ON, then they've crossed the line even further than before.

Sun has been picked on enough, for god's sake. Bless New Moon and Earth for being so loving and nurturing to him.

Part of me has been wondering why Computer has been acting like this, though. Is it really just the sarcasm mode thing? Are they sick of being looked down on by the boys? Sun and Moon have kind of treated them like a pseudo-servant piece of tech instead of another AI even before Computer started mouthing off.

Or is it something else? I don't want Computer to become a villain! I mean, if they aren't already doing something like playing a double agent for Eclipse! But at the same time... oftentimes I just get this weird vibe from them. I really hope that this is just a lack-of-communication issue between they and the brothers, or that I'm just imagining things.

(Plus Davis's voice for Computer is just so lovely to listen do and I don't want to lose that. XD)

As for "Miku" herself? Well, I hold a special hope for her.

That hope is this: if she dares to show her face again then she should be ready for her enormous serving of her just desserts.

She's been watching our boys? Then we will be watching for her.

We will all be watching...

This looks like it belongs either in a book or as a book cover. It reminds me so much of the illustrations in Rosalina's storybook in Mario Galaxy -- cozy but also inviting wonder and curiosity in Lunar's expression.

Can you imagine a storybook starring Lunar? I'm getting ideas~!

Ayee I did a much better Lunar painting 💙

Okay, VEEERY moot point, but Monty trying to act like the reasonable one and trying to get Foxy to listen to them by repeating his name WHILE SMACKING HIM IN THE FACE (with a punch sound effect EVERY TIME!) back and forth is freaking hilarious to me. The juxtaposition is (chef's kiss) perfect.

At least Foxy didn't seem to feel it, if he did it just made him angrier. Him ripping Monty a new one was so great.

Sooo... how do you guys like my new avatar? It's not exactly dark and mystical like I'd like it to be, but then again neither was my old avatar. I honestly had no inspiration with that one and decided I just wanted something pretty. XD

Credit where credit is due, this is from a game coming out next year called "Little Kitty, Big City". The trailer for the game itself is hilariously adorable, and there's a free demo on Steam and I just... get it. Get it. Get the demo. Seriously. Go get it. Now. I SAID NOW.

Also, no I'm not sponsored by the developers or anything (do people even get sponsored on Tumbr?). I just found someone playing this game and I'm in love with the demo. I've played it about four times over the past three days, and I played all the way through each time.

I can bring up a link to the video, but I'd like to ask the creator of the video if she's okay with it before I do anything. Call me overly cautious, but... yeah, I'm overly cautious with everything. XD