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Comment on Has your Gmail been compromised? by katiekabo0m

katiekabo0m — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:27:03 +0000

Okay more info (originally meant for Proboard forums but I think it is relevant here):

http://www.allseeingeyes.info/guide.html

Crackers get hold of your passwords by gaining access to email via the security question,
or by guessing the password of an admin or gmod, or running a scanner to do the same.
Follow these guidelines :-

1. Ensure your email password security question is not obvious (don’t have ‘my favourite football team’ then go talking about them non stop)
2. You may want to change your email address / provider (the cracker may still have access to the old one)
3. [On Forums:] Use the ‘Hide email’ option (if you want members to contact you, use one of the free ‘throwaway’ emails for public view)
4. Make ANY passwords difficult (use upper and lower case letters, mixed with numbers)
5. Use different passwords for each account.
6. [On Forums:] Use different email for your main Admin account(s), and don’t make it public.
7. Don’t let ANYONE know your passwords (if you make a note of them, keep them safe)
8. If you share a computer/ computer account, don’t ‘let the computer remember password’
9. [On Forums:] Tell your main staff to do the same (2nd Admin, and G Mods)
10. [On Forums:] Don’t open links in PM’s, unless you know EXACTLY what it is.

Credit goes to AllSeeingEyes

Comment on Has your Gmail been compromised? by katiekabo0m

katiekabo0m — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:04:25 +0000

Haha Kodiac, yeah I am sure you could find them too. ;) They use Proxies and “zombie botnets” (hijacked infected computers belonging to unknowing innocent computer users) and many other methods to prevent them from being tracked. Also using hijacked email accounts is another way they hide as they don’t want to use anything that will give away their real location.

Comment on Has your Gmail been compromised? by kodiac9

kodiac9 — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 05:26:49 +0000

You can beat spammers! Track them all down and beat them with a shovel ^^

Comment on Has your Gmail been compromised? by katiekabo0m

katiekabo0m — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:51:18 +0000

yeah I can't figure out how they got in my account neither but until Google verifies any holes or anyone else finds and proves it I don't think we will ever know for sure. But many in the security field vouch that Gmail is very secure and really this type of thing has been happening to not just Gmail but also Yahoo, AOL, Hotmail, and a few other of the more common free web based emails. They spammers use dictionary attacks and password crackers and since you used a random password generator they could have just gotten lucky with their programs. That is why now they are saying that if an email client or login site lets you, put in symbols as well instead of just Capital and lower case letters and numbers. Sad thing is so many companies and web site hosts do not yet support this. Actually you should post what you have told me as well on https://www.google.com/support/forum/p/gmail/thread?tid=34cf3f6e6c2d3b87&hl=en as I am sure that bkc56, who I had gotten the majority of those quotes (indented parts) off of, will be able to expand on what I have said here. He is VERY informative in this area! To beat spammers .. well you can't .. but to slow them down .. you have to work together with a bunch of like minded people, just like the spammers do.

Comment on Has your Gmail been compromised? by incogster

incogster — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:29:38 +0000

Happened to me the second time.

Now, both times I had a really decent password, randomly generated, just for Gmail.

I use a Mac, and have a malware checker even though such stuff is rare on Macs.

I don’t log in from public computers.

So how the heck did they break into my Gmail? I mean, seriously, if a keylogger was involved surely they’d have been straight in to my bank account??

I’m convinced there’s some basic flaw in Google’s login, somewhere. Of course, if this is true, the chances of Google ever admitting it was there even after they’ve fixed it is zero!

Comment on Tabnapping : Phishing 2.0 will break all multitaskers! by katiekabo0m

katiekabo0m — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 07:50:03 +0000

Is what is shown in this video what you were talking about here?

I just saw it today and it is scary how it is easy to fool people with this and so easy for scammers to steal your login information!

Would you suggest using new windows instead of tabs?

Comment on Has your Gmail been compromised? by katiekabo0m

katiekabo0m — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 04:40:38 +0000

All links on the blog are to give credit. However if you see something that you feel credit has not been given to, please comment here and I will edit and put the credit in. Some info shared here I got off the Google Help Forums but did not know where the info was originally obtained. I know it is hard to tell what is quoted as in this blog it only indents instead of putting in some kind of table but the paragraphs that are indented are the quotes and are not my own work.

However the pictures are my own.

Comment on Making a Bootable USB key by katiekabo0m

katiekabo0m — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 21:46:51 +0000

Now that I finally bought a netbook, even though I already knew I would use a USB stick I find this information very helpful! Thanks Kodiac! :)