Monthly Archives: March 2009

Active Phishing Website Targeting French PayPal Users – Part 2

TOKYO (MacHouse) – Yesterday, we reported that an organized group of half-retarded cyber criminals sent at least four spam messages targeting French PayPal users. Sender’s address is specified as service@paypal.com in each case. Also, the return-path is shown as anonymous@ns24075.ovh.net … Continue reading

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Active Phishing Website Targeting French PayPal Users – Part 1

TOKYO (MacHouse) – An organized group of half-retarded cyber criminals sent out at least four spam messages in the past 12 hours or so to scam French PayPal users. The first spam message of this kind that we received is … Continue reading

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Another PrivateTube Website Deploys at EXTREMETUBE09.COM

TOKYO (MacHouse) – If you have never heard of USTREAM.TV (www.ustream.tv), you may not be alone. (Screenshot 01 shows the index page of USTREAM.TV’s website.) According to Quantcast, this website is quite popular. Quantcast says USTREAM.TV attracts 1.4 million visitors … Continue reading

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Beware of a Phishing Website Targeting Halifax Online Banking Customers – Part 2

TOKYO (MacHouse) – As we reported yesterday, an organized cyber criminal group runs an active phishing website that targets Halifax Online Banking customers. A spam message with the subject line of *IMPORTANT *Update Your Halifax Online Banking* is designed to … Continue reading

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Beware of a Phishing Website Targeting Halifax Online Banking Customers – Part 1

TOKYO (MacHouse) – According to the website at http://www.halifax.co.uk, Halifax is a division of Bank of Scotland. (Screenshot 01 shows the gate page of Halifax’s website.) And it’s this Halifax that has become the latest target of a phishing campaign. … Continue reading

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