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Wed, Nov 18 2009 7:58

FTC versus Innovative Marketing et al - developments

As we know, Jain's legal counsel have applied for leave to withdraw as his attorneys of record.  They have not been given permission to withdraw yet, and the deadline for Jain to respond to the FTC's renewed motion for sanctions was nigh...
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Mon, Nov 16 2009 9:49

FTC versus Innovative Marketing et al - Sam Jain's legal counsel request leave to withdraw as attorneys of record

In a not unsurprising development, legal counsel for Sam Jain have petitioned the Court for permission to withdraw as attorneys for Sam Jain.  The FTC does not oppose the request, but does object to any further extension of Mr Jain's time to...
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Wed, Nov 11 2009 11:33

FTC versus Innovative Marketing et al - developments

Innovative Marketing and Daniel Sundin are still unrepresented. 09/16/2009 ORDER denying Motion of Marc D'Souza to Dismiss the Complaint. DIRECTING D'Souza to answer the complaint within 20 days. Signed by Judge Richard D Bennett on 9/16/09. "...
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Tue, Sep 15 2009 14:08

Ponderings about the New York Times malvertizing incident

It has been all over the popular press – the New York Times web site had been tricked into accepting a malvertizement that was hijacking some visitors to that site and dumping them at a web site touting fake security software.  And, in a move that...
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Wed, Aug 12 2009 12:37

FTC versus Innovative Marketing et al – developments: Innovative Marketing and Daniel Sundin

An Order of Default was entered against Innovative Marketing and Daniel Sundin on 6 August 2009 “ for want of answer or other defense ” . Regular readers will know that Innovative Marketing and Daniel Sundin have ignored the FTC action right from the...
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Mon, Aug 3 2009 0:28

ALERT: Malvertizing on Facebook and gaiaonline.com

  This investigation started after I read a report by a fellow member of the security community that his mother had called him downstairs " because her screen had been filled with warnings and download boxes whilst she was on Facebook's...
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Thu, Jul 30 2009 15:11

FTC versus Innovative Marketing et al - developments re Sam Jain

Regular readers of this blog will know that Sam Jain filed a motion for protective order requiring deposition to proceed by written questions, a motion which was DENIED on 22 July 2009. Sam Jain has now refused to be deposed, even refusing an offer from...
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Tue, Jul 28 2009 12:17

FTC versus Innovative Marketing et al - developments

A win for Marc D'Souza. The preliminary injunction is to be modified as followed (the FTC indicated that it had no objections to the language of the amendments): "F. The Assets affected by this Paragraph shall include existing Assets of any Corporate...
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Fri, Jul 24 2009 15:44

FTC versus Innovative Marketing et al - developments

Innovative Marketing and Daniel Sundin continue to ignore proceedings and are unrepresented. Maurice D’Souza Maurice D'Souza's motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction (paper number 90) has been DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.     Sam Jain...
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Tue, Jul 14 2009 8:59

ALERT: malvertizement featuring “Blue Nile”

  The SWF advertisement pictured above retrieves content from the domain adburau.net.  That content is yet another SWF.  At time of writing, the SWF downloaded from the domain adburau.net was a single frame SWF with no images, or shapes...
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Tue, Jul 14 2009 0:22

ALERT: Please treat content from antventure.com, yellowlinebanner.com, redhousebanner.com, t.banner0709.com and knocklis.com with extreme caution

Normally when I write about malvertizing on this blog, the “goal” of the malvertizement has been to expose victims to fake security software (aka fraudware). In one case, the “goal” was to expose the victim to a pornographic web...
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Wed, Jul 1 2009 18:08

FTC versus Innovative Marketing et al – Sam Jain and Kirsty Ross respond (and other developments)

Sam Jain I would have loved to shine a light on some nice juicy arguments but, alas, it wasn’t to be.  The entirety of Jain’s answer compromised just a few types of response, as follows: Paragraph text version 1) “Paragraph X of the Complaint contains...
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Wed, Jun 17 2009 0:23

FTC v Innovative Marketing – the agreement with James Reno and Byte Hosting

  Back on the 11th I reminded everybody that I expected the proposed stipulated final order between the FTC, Reno and ByteHosting to be filed within days.  As luck would have it, a Final Order For Permanent Injunction and Monetary Judgment as...
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Thu, Jun 11 2009 10:40

FTC versus Innovative Marketing et al – developments

So sayeth the Court.... “ This Court conducted a hearing yesterday on almost all outstanding motions in this case and rendered the following rulings for the reasons stated on the record: Sam Jain's Motion to Stay (Paper No. 45) is DENIED; Kristy Ross's...
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Wed, Jun 10 2009 22:22

FTC versus Innovative Marketing… developments

Today was a big day… “Motion Hearing held on Tuesday 9 June, 2009 re: (51) MOTION to Strike (49) MOTION for Other Relief Order Holding Sam Jain and Kristy Ross In Contempt Of Court And Requiring The Repatriation Of Their Assets OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE MOTION...
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Thu, May 21 2009 13:43

3 malvertizements

All created using, we think, Fuse – all use the encrypted-code-as-dynamic-text trick. Malvertizement 1 (reported by Greg Feezel ) and seen on Fox Audience Network :   Hits bigstat.net ICANN Registrar: REGTIME LTD Created 18 February 2009 NS1.NAMESELF...
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Wed, May 20 2009 22:04

ALERT: Please treat advertising from Gilmours Media (gilmoursmedia.com) with extreme caution

They have been caught distributing malvertizing. Current registration details are: ICANN Registrar: REGTIME LTD Created 24 March 2008 NS1.NAMESELF.COM NS2.NAMESELF.COM IP: 64.28.187.33 - New York, Internet Path Inc Registrant: Jacob Tua (saidfahtih@gmail...
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Tue, May 5 2009 15:16

ALERT: More malvertizements featuring classmates.com are being displayed at mediatakeout.com

    The malvertizements are at a web site called mediatakeout.com.  There are two of them: mediatakeout.com/adserver/classmates300x250.swf Adopstools results - http://www.adopstools.com/index.asp?section=quicklink&id=qjQ0XEgKuMwGOH2m...
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Mon, May 4 2009 23:17

ALERT: malvertizing impersonating well known classmates.com advertisements.

  Reported by Kimberley: www.bluetack.co.uk/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=18064&view=findpost&p=91839   The malvertizements are very familiar, yes? Now, we already know that a known bad actor, yourdirectmedia, has supplied "Classmatesmedia...
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Thu, Apr 30 2009 23:08

ALERT: Malvertizement featuring Crawler

  Same old same old.  The malvertizement hits the domains statcluster.com and enjoyspringtime.com (both domains have been mentioned on this blog several times). The Adopstools results make it obvious that there is something suspicious: http...
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