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What is Project 5 Research, Inc.

         

HollyWMarshall

5:40 pm on Mar 1, 2014 (gmt 0)

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Noticed a new bad bot coming from something called "Project 5 Research Inc."

IP 38.100.25.113 - 121 using this UA

Mozilla/5.0+(Windows+NT+6.1;+rv:22.0)+Gecko/20130405+Firefox/22.0

Anybody have idea what or who this is?

lucy24

9:19 pm on Mar 1, 2014 (gmt 0)

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I only know

Deny from 38.100

;)

HollyWMarshall

6:07 pm on Mar 4, 2014 (gmt 0)

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Thanks lucy24. Just trying to find out more who these folks are.. Anyone?

keyplyr

7:46 pm on Mar 4, 2014 (gmt 0)

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Update from Project 4 Research Inc.

HollyWMarshall

9:29 pm on Mar 4, 2014 (gmt 0)

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Huh?

Ocean10000

9:43 pm on Mar 4, 2014 (gmt 0)

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I think keyplyr was making a joke.

keyplyr

11:44 pm on Mar 4, 2014 (gmt 0)

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Project 5 Research Inc.
Social media monitoring/profiling
CIA Field Office
11654 Plaza America Drive,
Reston, VA, 20190, US

Oh oh...

lucy24

2:27 am on Mar 5, 2014 (gmt 0)

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Oh ###. Are you serious?

:: vague mental association with The Prisoner ::

HollyWMarshall

5:11 pm on Mar 5, 2014 (gmt 0)

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Ok, found out some more information.


From the whois
[whois.domaintools.com...]

%rwhois V-1.5:0010b0:00 rwhois.cogentco.com
network:ID:NET4-266419701C
network:Network-Name:NET4-266419701C
network:IP-Network:38.100.25.112/28
network:Postal-Code:20190
network:Country:US
network:State:VA
network:City:Reston
network:Street-Address:11654 Plaza America Drive
network:Org-Name:Project 5 Research Inc.
network:Tech-Contact:ZC108-ARIN
network:Updated:2009-08-10 19:35:03


It appears that 11654 Plaza America Drive Reston, VA 20190 is a UPS Store (703-437-9300) that rents out mail boxes that individuals/businesses use for their mailing address.

So this Project 5 Research Inc uses the UPS Store address with no box, unit or other identifier.

Checked with the Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission and they show no such entity as Project 5 Research, Inc. - [sccefile.scc.virginia.gov...]

IP Blocks I found for them are:

38.105.109.8 - 38.105.109.15
38.100.25.112 - 38.100.25.127

keyplyr

6:57 pm on Mar 5, 2014 (gmt 0)

blend27

1:46 am on Mar 6, 2014 (gmt 0)

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@Lucy24
I only know

Deny from 38.100
;)

Yep, same there... all the way over there, look >>>>

carson63000

2:29 am on Mar 25, 2014 (gmt 0)

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Sounds similar in many ways to the stealth crawler I saw coming from 38.99 address space. See [webmasterworld.com...]