Monthly Archives: July 2008

First Phishing Arrest Made in Japan

TOKYO (MacHouse) – The Internet version of Sankei (pronounced as Sun-kay, which means industry/economics in Japanese) Newspaper reported yesterday that an arrest has been made in Japan involving phishing websites. The news article reports that a 23-year-old man named Hiroshi … Continue reading

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YouTube Becoming a Means of Advertising Porn Website Again?

TOKYO (MacHouse) – YouTube becoming more and more popular, cyber criminals use it as a means of online advertising. Some 17 months ago, they used YouTube to advertise porn websites. And it took YouTube a few weeks to make overall … Continue reading

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Beware of Skype Phishing Website Hosted at French Web Host

TOKYO (MacHouse) – Just about two weeks ago, an organized cyber criminal group used a free website hosted at Free Hostia (freehostia.com) as a redirection point to forward Internet users to a PayPal phishing website in France. Almost 10 hours … Continue reading

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Tutorial: How to Transfer Domains Out Of GoDaddy’s Resellers

If you have your own domain as an add-on to host your website content, you can switch web hosting companies with little trouble. In fact, we switch web hosting companies quite often. If we don’t like one, we simply take … Continue reading

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2nd-Year Price Increase Scam: How We Are Deceived and Ripped Off by WEBSITESPOT.COM (CHEAP-DOMAINNAMES.COM)

Several years ago, when I was actively playing Age of Mythology online, I met a guy who called himself Nemesis. I only know that he was from North Dakota. He knew more about web hosting more than I did at … Continue reading

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