Andrew Brandt, a malware researcher for WebRoot recently wrote up a new way that spammers used Bing to bypass filters by using Bing's redirection mechanism for their feeds.
Andrew observed that the problem has to do with how the fact that "the clickable links in the Bing feeds the format http://www.bing/news/rssclick.aspx?redir= followed by the full URL of the site you intend to visit" and the fact that
"anyone can plug anything into the end of that URL and it will redirect to that site".
Read more on WebRoot reports new way for spammers to promote Google home business kits…
Filed under Scam Alerts and News by Comment. 
5/18/2009 FTC Press Release:
Click here to go directly to the release on the FTC website (recommended).
FTC Obtains Court Order Halting Deceptive Mortgage Relief Internet Ads; Marketers Falsely Claimed to Operate MakingHomeAffordable.gov
At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal district court issued an order to stop an Internet-based operation that pretends to operate “MakingHomeAffordable.gov,” the official Web site of the federal Making Home Affordable program for free mortgage loan assistance. The FTC alleged that the defendants deceptively diverted consumers who searched online for the free government assistance program to commercial Web sites that offer loan modification services for a fee.
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4/28/2009 United States Department of Justice Press Release via the FBI:
LEV L. DASSIN, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ARTHUR G. NADEL, 76, of Sarasota, Florida, was indicted today on securities, mail, and wire fraud charges stemming from a ten-year scheme to defraud investors out of millions of dollars. NADEL previously was arrested in this case on January 27, 2009. As alleged in the fifteen-count Indictment filed in Manhattan federal court:
Read more on Former Hedge Fund Manager Arthur G. Nadel Indicted on Fraud Charges…
Filed under US-Cert Security Fix Alerts, USDOJ by 1 Comment.
