Monthly Archives: October 2008

Beware of OEM Software Scam Ex Russia at CHEAPOEMSTORE.COM and OEMSTORE.BIZ – Why Buying Software from Russians?

TOKYO (MacHouse) – Who knows if most of online OEM software stores are legitimate or illegitimate? But if you know at least you want the English version of a particular software title, why would you possibly want to buy it … Continue reading

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EstDomains – Managed DNS Disaster Continues

EstDomains is or was one of America’s largest domain registrars. Their main office is located in Wilmington, Delware, USA. Whether it’s good or bad, the company is known to have ties with a Russian or Ukrainian group of programmers. EstDomains’ … Continue reading

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Countrywide Bank Phishing Website Ex China

TOKYO (MacHouse) – More than 6 hours ago, an organized cyber criminal group circulated a spam message possibly targeting Countrywide Bank customers. The title of the message is Read carefully – Important Customer Information *. (See Screenshot 01.) The spam … Continue reading

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Beware of French PayPal Phishing Website Hosted at WordPress Blog (Prenez garde d’un site Web phishing de PayPal accueilli à infantmemories.com.)

TOKYO (MacHouse) – More than 10 hours ago, a cyber criminal badly seeking credit card numbers circulated a PayPal phishing message written in French. (See Screenshot 01.) This phishing message looks quite similar to the one that we showed the … Continue reading

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ECON 2843: Never Trust Web Hosting Reviews

3 years ago, it cost an advertiser more than $2.50 per click to get the No. 1 placement at Overture for key phrases like web hosting reviews. Can you believe that they paid more than $2.50 per click? They really … Continue reading

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