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  • I’m back… maybe - After a year of no blogging, I’m getting itchy fingers again. I’m not making any promises about frequency of blogging, and comments and trackbacks are turned off and will remain that way for now.
  • Rob Martinson, Walt Rines and the FTC - final chapter - Nearly three years after Rob Martinson hit the internet with SpyWiper, the anti-spyware program from hell that opened CD ROM drives and sent hundreds of users to spyware help forums, the Federal Trade Commission has settled his case, fining him $1.86 million. Martinson’s cohort in crime, Walt Rines of …
  • Movieland.com sued by Washington State AG for spyware - From today’s press release:

    Rob McKenna
    ATTORNEY GENERAL OF WASHINGTON
    1125 Washington Street SE · PO Box 40100 · Olympia WA 98504-0100

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
    August 14, 2006

    Attorney General McKenna Sues Movieland.com and Associates for Spyware

    SEATTLE – Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna today announced the filing of Washington’s second …

  • 161 trackback spams from InterCage/Atrivo IP - Yesterday I was unpleasantly surprised to find I had 161 blog trackback spams — all from the same IP address, 69.50.188.35.

    You can see here that the IP address belongs to InterCage, formerly known as Atrivo.

    Whois Record

    OrgName: InterCage, Inc.
    OrgID: INTER-359
    Address: 1955 Monument Blvd. …

  • CastleCops responds to trademark troll Leo Stoller - Follow up on the story last week about Leo Stoller, well known as a trademark troll, attack on CastleCops over the name “Castle” — see CastleCops responds to Leo Stoller here.

    Dear Mr. Stoller:

    I write you on behalf of my clients Paul Laudanski and Computercops, LLC. I have spoken with my …

  • Here are the latest headlines from SpywareGuide

  • DATA-THEFT WORM TARGETING GOOGLE’S ORKUT - FaceTime Security Labs announced the discovery of a worm that steals users? banking details, usernames and passwords. The worm, known as MW.Orc, is propagating through Orkut, Google?s social networking site, as users launch an executable file disguised as a JPEG. Google has a temporary fix in place
  • Steganography- Hiding Information Inside of Information - Steganography is the art and science of writing hidden messages in such a way that no one apart from the intended recipient knows of the existence of the message; this is in contrast to cryptography, where the existence of the message itself is not disguised, but the content is obscured. The word “S
  • Self-Propagating Worm Installs Unsafe “Safety Browser” - Research experts at FaceTime Security Labs identified and reported a new threat today affecting Yahoo! Messenger. A self-propagating worm, named yhoo32.explr, installs “Safety Browser” and hijacks the Internet Explorer homepage, leading users to a site that puts spyware on their PCs. Because Safety
  • Spyware Warriors: The Digital Underground Part One - Read the Transcript - One fateful day, while walking the halls of a CNET spyware conference last year Wayne Porter meets up with Chris Boyd and they team to make-up one of the key elements in Facetime Communication’s Security Labs. This is a transcript from part one of their interview with Jeff Molander at Thoughtshapers
  • Spyware Warriors and the Digital UnderGround: Part 1 Podcast - Ever wonder what goes down in the back channels and dark alleys of the Internet? How spyware hunters find and penetrate botnets? Don’t just read about- now you can hear it on your PC, download it to your iPod or device of your choice. SpywareGuide articles are sponsored by FaceTime Communications,
  • Spyware Hunters Shock and Awe- Podcast Teaser - This is only a small taste of what is yet to come as Jeff Molander interviews a pair of Facetime Security Lab’s top guns on a botnet bust that will astound you. SpywareGuide articles are sponsored by FaceTime Communications, providing solutions for securing and controlling IM, P2P and Spyware Greyn
  • Phishing Incident Reporting and Termination Squad Announced - Phishing Incident Reporting and Termination (PIRT) Squad formed. SpywareGuide articles are sponsored by FaceTime Communications, providing solutions for securing and controlling IM, P2P and Spyware Greynets.
  • The Digital Underground: Interview with RinCe - This is Part TWO of a series of write-ups focusing on the recent threat to E-Commerce systems via potential IM (Instant Messaging) attack vectors and more besides, by way of a remotely installed administration tool and custom-built scripts, designed to find vulnerabilities in third-party payment sys
  • Instant Messaging E-Commerce Exploits- Judgement Day - Just when you thought it was safe to back into the waters the world of IM just become far more malicious than ever. An attack that can even occur from a trusted source. Beware- clicking that link can open up Pandora’s box. SpywareGuide articles are sponsored by FaceTime Communications, providing so
  • Property Values, Satellite Maps and Zillow - A new service called Zillow allows you to easily access the value of your home…and your neighbors and even their neighbors. SpywareGuide articles are sponsored by FaceTime Communications, providing solutions for securing and controlling IM, P2P and Spyware Greynets.