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Spammer Alert: Updates on Agile Media.
Readers sent in a few info regarding Agile Media who has been sending out email spam. Agile Media has registered numerous domain names through moniker.com. If you are victims of Agile Media CAN-SPAM Act violation, please:
- File complaints to FTC.
- Send email to abuse@moniker.com and legal@moniker.com
From namecheap.com:
Please note that the domain agilemediagroup.net was suspended due to Spamhaus report and it is currently in clientHold status, which prevents any host records from resolving. Email agilereg@agilemediagroup.net cannot be working because of the suspension.
That is one good news, but the spam is still coming. Even though agilemediagroup.net is currently suspended, they have already registered numerous domain names prior to the suspension.
Numerous readers mentioned that they are still getting email spam from linda@eternityme.com.
Domain Name: ETERNITYME.COM
Registrar: MONIKERRegistrant [3164720]:
Agile Media agilereg@agilemediagroup.net
427 N Tatnall St #96335
Wilmington
DE
19801
USAdministrative Contact [3164720]:
Agile Media agilereg@agilemediagroup.net
427 N Tatnall St #96335
Wilmington
DE
19801
US
Phone: +1.3024828110Billing Contact [3164720]:
Agile Media agilereg@agilemediagroup.net
427 N Tatnall St #96335
Wilmington
DE
19801
US
Phone: +1.3024828110Technical Contact [3164720]:
Agile Media agilereg@agilemediagroup.net
427 N Tatnall St #96335
Wilmington
DE
19801
US
Phone: +1.3024828110Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.DNSMEE.COM 67.137.88.4
NS2.DNSMEE.COM 67.137.88.5Record created on: 2011-04-01 11:31:22.0
Database last updated on: 2011-04-01 11:35:16.47
Domain Expires on: 2012-04-01 11:31:22.0
From an email header submitted by readers:
Received: from eternityme.com ([204.45.211.122])
Agile Media is still operating pretzelxo.net ([67.137.88.100])
Domain Name: FANGEDME.COM
Registrar: MONIKERRegistrant [3164720]:
Agile Media agilereg@agilemediagroup.net
427 N Tatnall St #96335
Wilmington
DE
19801
USAdministrative Contact [3164720]:
Agile Media agilereg@agilemediagroup.net
427 N Tatnall St #96335
Wilmington
DE
19801
US
Phone: +1.3024828110Billing Contact [3164720]:
Agile Media agilereg@agilemediagroup.net
427 N Tatnall St #96335
Wilmington
DE
19801
US
Phone: +1.3024828110Technical Contact [3164720]:
Agile Media agilereg@agilemediagroup.net
427 N Tatnall St #96335
Wilmington
DE
19801
US
Phone: +1.3024828110Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.DNSMEE.COM 67.137.88.4
NS2.DNSMEE.COM 67.137.88.5Record created on: 2011-03-31 11:53:13.0
Database last updated on: 2011-04-01 11:35:17.86
Domain Expires on: 2012-03-31 11:53:14.0
Agile Media owns and operates DNSMEE.COM ([208.73.210.48])
Domain Name: DNSMEE.COM
Registrar: MONIKERRegistrant [3164720]:
Agile Media agilereg@agilemediagroup.net
427 N Tatnall St #96335
Wilmington
DE
19801
USAdministrative Contact [3164720]:
Agile Media agilereg@agilemediagroup.net
427 N Tatnall St #96335
Wilmington
DE
19801
US
Phone: +1.3024828110Billing Contact [3164720]:
Agile Media agilereg@agilemediagroup.net
427 N Tatnall St #96335
Wilmington
DE
19801
US
Phone: +1.3024828110Technical Contact [3164720]:
Agile Media agilereg@agilemediagroup.net
427 N Tatnall St #96335
Wilmington
DE
19801
US
Phone: +1.3024828110Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.MONIKERDNS.NET 208.73.210.41
NS2.MONIKERDNS.NET 208.73.211.42
NS3.MONIKERDNS.NET 208.73.210.43
NS4.MONIKERDNS.NET 208.73.211.44Record created on: 2011-04-01 11:20:10.0
Database last updated on: 2011-04-01 11:26:11.997
Domain Expires on: 2012-04-01 11:20:11.0
If you have any informations related to Agile Media, please let us know.
Latest Google Chrome Update Crashing in Mac OS X Lion.
Some people are reporting that the latest update to Google Chrome cause the program crashing in Mac OS X Lion. Some accounted that all latest release, beta and developer versions of Google Chrome are crashing in Mac OS X Lion. It is unclear what changes in Google Chrome caused the issue, but some also pointed out the problem can be averted by disabling extensions when using the release and beta versions.
WordPress 2.7.2 for iOS is now available.
WordPress 2.7.2 for iOS is now available at iTunes App Store. The update includes:
- Fixed crash when the password had a space, on comment moderation, plus 7 more.
- Several bugfixes.
- Use blavatars instead of favicons.
- XML-RPC fix for self-hosted blogs. (Note: if you were unable to use 2.7.1, you should be able to use this version!)
WordPress for iOS team also revealed the new features for version 2.8:
The most important to-do in the 2.8 road map is Localization. WordPress for iOS will now become much more accessible for many users. 2.8 will also introduce a Stats view (finally!), a Quick Photo button, as well as a few more nifty improvements.
WordPress for iOS will finally have Stats View just like its Android counterpart.
Spammer Alert: Agile Media Group.
A few people has informed us about spam emails from Agile Media through numbers of domain names.
For example:
All four domains above are registered by Agile Media Group through moniker.com.
Registrar: MONIKER
Registrant [3200836]:
Agile Media agilemedia@yahoo.com
427 N Tatnall St #96335
Wilmington
DE
19801
USAdministrative Contact [3200836]:
Agile Media agilemedia@yahoo.com
427 N Tatnall St #96335
Wilmington
DE
19801
US
Phone: +1.3024828110Billing Contact [3200836]:
Agile Media agilemedia@yahoo.com
427 N Tatnall St #96335
Wilmington
DE
19801
US
Phone: +1.3024828110Technical Contact [3200836]:
Agile Media agilemedia@yahoo.com
427 N Tatnall St #96335
Wilmington
DE
19801
US
Phone: +1.3024828110
If you would like to file complaints:
- File complaints to FTC.
- Send email to abuse@moniker.com and legal@moniker.com
If you have received spam email originating from Agile Media Group? Check the whois information on the domain name.
Epsilon Data Management Security Breach and Best Buy’s Subliminal Geek Squad Advertisement.
Epsilon Data Management, an email marketing firm used by companies such as Barclays Bank, Capital One Financial, JP Morgan Chase, TiVo, Best Buy and HSN had a security breach on March 30th, 2011.
According to Epsilon:
On March 30th, an incident was detected where a subset of Epsilon clients’ customer data were exposed by an unauthorized entry into Epsilon’s email system. The information that was obtained was limited to email addresses and/or customer names only.
On April 3rd, 2011 Best Buy notified its customers through email:
Dear Valued Best Buy Customer,
On March 31, we were informed by Epsilon, a company we use to send emails to our customers, that files containing the email addresses of some Best Buy customers were accessed without authorization.
Unfortunately, Best Buy took the opportunity to advertise its own Geek Squad Service on the email.
For your security, however, we wanted to call this matter to your attention. We ask that you remain alert to any unusual or suspicious emails. As our experts at Geek Squad would tell you, be very cautious when opening links or attachments from unknown senders.
Seriously, Best Buy? Can you advertise your Geek Squad service some other time?
Dropbox and Mac OS X Lion Developer Preview 2.
From Dropbox forum:
This version causes crashes in the latests developer preview of Lion. If you are using a developer preview we advise against running this version. We’re working on a solution. Thanks.
Previously, Dropbox can be used with Mac OS X Lion Developer Preview (1) by changing the CFBundleVersion to 2.0. Apple Engineers warned that Mac OS X Lion blocked Dropbox from running due to some technical issue. Even though the modified Dropbox could run on Mac OS X Lion DP, it crashes the Finder.
Dropbox Engineers are aware of this issue.