Monthly Archives: February 2008

What happened to GREATLISTQUOTES.COM?

TOKYO (MacHouse) – The website of greatlistquotes.com was a major source of online deception and spam. Although it can be re-registered some day somewhere else, this spam domain is closed for now. MacHouse is solely responsible for the disappearance of … Continue reading

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Warning: PayPal Phishing Mail Message Originating From Poland

TOKYO (MacHouse) – A cyberterrorist group sent out a phishing Mail Message involving PayPal about 2 hours ago, at 02:59:48 AM JST or 07:59:48 AM US PST. The title of the message is Critical Information Regarding Your Account. (See screenshot … Continue reading

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Why Is It Difficult to Destroy the Spam Websites of BLISSULTRA.COM and SORBONAS.INFO?

TOKYO (MacHouse) – We started receiving spam messages originating from sorbonas.info and blissultra.com a few days ago. The last spam message was sent out more than 2 hours ago. The title of the message is %%$FIRST_NAME%% regarding your 500.00 Best … Continue reading

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Folder Permissions, 711 or 755 and Why?

TOKYO (MacHouse) – We subscribe to spam comments circulated by cyberterrorists. We often visit the websites they mention. And, once in a while, we run into an exploited website where files are installed by a cyberterrorist. For example, we found … Continue reading

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Can Microsoft Clean Up an Affliate Spam Mess at MSN Groups?

TOKYO (MacHouse) – Google‘s Google Groups has been extensively exploited by affiliate spammers for the past several weeks. Cyberterrorists circulate spam comments to advertise Google Groups pages where they mostly advertise online casino websites. As cyberterrorists create hundreds of spam … Continue reading

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