a warning to all about email passwords

[ismithx]

REMEMBER TO MAKE YOUR PASSWORDS SECURE!

Just heard a horror story from my friend... His sister's hotmail got hacked and used to send spam. The story is that she couldn't log into it, it was blocked, and the recovery email address was some strange email.

So when i checked out the scene, the original password still works (must be brute force at work there) and i was able to change that. However the account is still blocked, i tried to get into the recovery (hotmail account) email, that email happened to be blocked too.

I check the recovery email for the recovery email, which is a brazilian email, and that one turn to be blocked too. However, the recovery option for the brazilian email is by call only, and i certainly can't provide any details about the person. So just to recap

Original email - blocked for spam
Recovery email - blocked
brazilian email address for recovering previous account - blocked


weeeeyyyy them not easy yes... and i was so looking forward to messing up the hacker's account....

So the moral of the story is to make sure your passwords are insanely strong... the email password that got cracked was about 10 chars long, with numbers and letters. take mine as an example for security - 16 chars with symbols, numbers, and letters.

REMEMBER TO MAKE YOUR PASSWORDS SECURE THESE PEOPLE NOT EASY
Also look into securing all of your account recovery options (security question, sms, etc.)

I AM WARNING YOU!

[rodfarva]

Most common passwords: love, sex, secret, and god

[foss]

Most common passwords: love, sex, secret, and god

*makes note*

[zcarz]

happened to me twice.. recovered both times

[cinco]

tell we yuh password nah so we can use it as example

[S_2NR]

tell we yuh password nah so we can use it as example

[foss]

tell we yuh password nah so we can use it as example

kinky.

[gastly369]

my password is 26 characters long

[saxman642]

OP story happened to an Ambassador to one of the embassies here. I still working on the case.

[rodfarva]

Viva la Résistance

[S_2NR]

another common password is "password"

i kid u not!

[foss]

OP story happened to an Ambassador to one of the embassies here. I still working on the case.

The Ambassador using hotmail?

[rodfarva]

another common assword is "assword"

i kid u not!

[foss]

another common password is "password"

i kid u not!

great now everyone knows

[W2J]

OP story happened to an Ambassador to one of the embassies here. I still working on the case.

The Ambassador using hotmail?

[VexXx Dogg]

here's mine:
*********

[K74T]

here's mine:
*********

yuh old thief

[VexXx Dogg]

sorry, here is my other one:
••••••••••

[SPRANG_A]

Most common passwords: love, sex, secret, and god

watch Hackers recently?

[Sierra-117]

man say he was told a horror story yes. lol

[saxman642]

OP story happened to an Ambassador to one of the embassies here. I still working on the case.

The Ambassador using hotmail?

YES! (believe it or not!)

[foss]

OP story happened to an Ambassador to one of the embassies here. I still working on the case.

The Ambassador using hotmail?

YES! (believe it or not!)

somehow I wanna think it was his daughters email address, and he was 'spying' on her.

[W2J]

OP story happened to an Ambassador to one of the embassies here. I still working on the case.

The Ambassador using hotmail?

YES! (believe it or not!)

is this a supplied machine from embassy?

[Bizzare]

What these hackers have is a list of common passwords, a list of email addresses and a bot to try every password against each email address. This is done in seconds. So imagine you have 1 million email addresses and about 500 popular passwords to check against each of them. Might take a while, but one must go through. I don't see what hackers get outta crack an email address though

Also, its easy to get in on data sent through a wireless network, like we do at the office here .
MAJOR TIP IS NEVER USE YOUR EMAIL PASSWORDS ON OTHER SITES. For example if I get your Tuner password, I'll log in to your Tuner account, check your email address in the UCP and go try to login your email account using those details. I feel thats the ambassador's story with whatever site he had.

Also, suppose Duane and company were peeping Toms. The can configure phpbb to dump all passwords in its raw form (currently encrypted) in some file or database anytime someone registers or logs in and go try that same password for your email account when the feel a bit nosy. Never trust any site, so again never use your email's password on any other site.

I created a Facebook like page (phishing) and always send people messages saying "You have 41 friend request etc" directing them to it so when they try to log in, the its sends their FB details to me and redirects them to the real Facebook link, so they think they probably entered the wrong login details and carry on. Not a corrupt guy so Its all for entertainment as I usually tell them.

[nareshseep]

hotmail... bleh,,,, yahoo mail ftw!

[zcarz]

don't ever use hotmail as your main e-mail client, as sheep stated yahoo (or gmail)

[matthewmazda]

hackers ahhhh

[~Vēġó~]

I accept your warning!

[SMc]

don't ever use hotmail as your main e-mail client, as sheep stated yahoo (or gmail)

I get catch with that right through

[~Vēġó~]

don't ever use hotmail as your main e-mail client, as sheep stated yahoo (or gmail)

I get catch with that right through

always......bess he change it to sheep and done..