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Fri, Mar 26 2010 14:44

ALERT: Please treat content from coneincorporated.com with extreme caution

  My sources tell me that at least two major online sites have been approached by coneincorporated.com in recent days, and that coneincorporated.com have been caught using the same spoofing sub-domain trick that I wrote about earlier . coneincorporated...
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Fri, Mar 26 2010 9:58

ALERT: Please treat content from STERERLE.com and FORLIFEMEDIA.COM with extreme caution

  A report has come in about a malvertizing incident involving stererle.com, being distributed by forlifemedia.com stererle.com ICANN Registrar: BIZCN.COM Created 17 February 2010 IP: 89.248.173.61 - Ecatel, Stockholm Shares IP with anastem.com and...
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Fri, Mar 26 2010 9:39

Movement in the malvertizing world – using sub-domains to impersonate legitimate businesses

As always, domains mentioned in this blog entry ( and highlighted in bold ) should be treated with extreme caution.   It has been a little while since I have written about specific malvertizing incidents, but that does not mean that things have been...
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Thu, Mar 25 2010 10:32

New Scientist writes about Innovative Marketing Inc: “ 'Infections found': Inside the great scareware scam”

A marvelous piece of work by Jim Giles, and well worth a read. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527532.400-infections-found-inside-the-great-scareware-scam.html?full=true
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Thu, Feb 4 2010 10:12

FTC versus Innovative Marketing et al – developments

Motions for default judgment have been filed. There are three individual motions, one against Daniel Sundin, one against Sam Jain, and one against Innovative Marketing. The monetary relief sought in all three motions is identical - $163,167,539.95 - being...
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Tue, Jan 26 2010 17:09

FTC versus Innovative Marketing et al – developments

    The FTC's Renewed Motion for Rule 37 Sanctions against Sam Jan was granted on 19 January 2010. It was further ordered that Default be entered against Jain pursuant to Rule 37(d) and that the FTC shall submit evidence to the Court as...
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Wed, Jan 13 2010 11:50

softwarespam.net and stablemates

A friend was hit by a redirect to softwarespam.net when she clicked on a Google search result for timesheets compatible with MYOB - the site exhibited classic scareware/fraudware behavior.   Domain details: softwarespam.net ICANN Registrar: Key-Systems...
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Tue, Dec 29 2009 10:22

Malvertizing at tweetmeme.com?

  Wayne Small, the owner of sbsfaq.com called me today and asked me to look into a malvertizing incident that he experienced while at tweetmeme.com.  You can see his report here . I have not been able to reproduce the behavior that Wayne saw...
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Tue, Dec 8 2009 15:12

Fraudware that looks like Windows 7…

I saw this screenshot at the Panda Software blog .  The author of the blog post wrote that the replica of the Windows 7 explorer shell displayed by the fraudware site was “devilishly deceiving and might even fool an expertly trained eye”. I would...
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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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