email hacking

[lew600fazer]

Is anyone who uses the forum having problems with there personal email accounts being hacked, as in if you use yahoo.co.uk
I am over this past few weeks being hacked. I am not saying it is via this site but just a general question and trying to narrow possible sites down.
Lew

[bri h]

I don't think I have a problem but im not with yahoo lew

[Dead Eye]

No problem for me; but having a degree in Computer Security comes in handy...

[fazersharp]

Ok here - not with yahoo tho

[noggythenog]

Na...nowt to do with here.....also yahoo....im as lax as they come....mainly coz hacking me is like shoplifting from the bins out the back o tescos....that's my security.....im scum!

[chaz]

It helps if you have a different password for each site you use, of course this is what I do, but then have to write them all down so I can remember them?

[Phil]

It helps if you have a different password for each site you use, of course this is what I do, but then have to write them all down so I can remember them?

Absolutely, although I tend to have a different password for each important financial websites like banking, ebay etc, then have a few common passwords between 'social' forums like this one. If hackers break into a forum like this (not suggesting they have) and get everyones password and email address they can try that combination with any website where they think they can commit fraud.

[Buzz]

I use this http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/ to store my different passwords, I thought everyone got rid of pens and paper 15 years ago?

[fazersharp]

Dosent bother me as I dont do any internet banking.
I keep a saddlebag slung over my bike with gold nuggets for payment all tucked up nicley with Mr Smith and Mr Wesson
Play the below WAV

[Mattsplat]

I noticed yesterday that my mail had been hacked but I'm on MSN, not Yahoo.

[ChristoT]

All good here too.

[red98]

As most of you know......iam a muppet when it comes to pc's.......so........stupid question.......how do you know if you have been hacked...........yes, iam really that much of a muppet   

[ChristoT]

As most of you know......iam a muppet when it comes to pc's.......so........stupid question.......how do you know if you have been hacked...........yes, iam really that much of a muppet   

Spam gets sent from your email address to people in your contacts list.

[unfazed]

You will know when your friends ask why you are looking for money or your account password is changed and you did not change it.
Accounts get hacked for many reasons:
Lack of a secure password (most common) People use common names which are easily hacked. Most secure are Alpha Numeric with keyboard symbols. Password should really contain Capitals letters, lower case letters, number and symbols.
E.g. if you want to use YamahaFazer1000 as a password then vary it to something like this (Y@mahaF&zer1ooo) including the brackets this makes it very difficult to hack
Trojan or virus on you PC
Being taken in by email scams
Being taken in by phone scams

[red98]

Ah  ok......will keep an eye on emails........two straight answers and no pi$$  take.......I must be on the wrong site   

[ChristoT]

Ah  ok......will keep an eye on emails........two straight answers and no pi$$  take.......I must be on the wrong site   

As a child, I was always told to help senior citizens!

(Make you feel better?  )

[unfazed]

Ah  ok......will keep an eye on emails........two straight answers and no pi$$  take.......I must be on the wrong site   

How do you know they were straight answers? 

[ChristoT]

Ah  ok......will keep an eye on emails........two straight answers and no pi$$  take.......I must be on the wrong site   

How do you know they were straight answers? 

Why, is your answer coming out of the closet? 

[unfazed]

Ah  ok......will keep an eye on emails........two straight answers and no pi$$  take.......I must be on the wrong site   

How do you know they were straight answers? 

Why, is your answer coming out of the closet? 

Is that wishful thinking from you  

[ChristoT]

Ah  ok......will keep an eye on emails........two straight answers and no pi$$  take.......I must be on the wrong site   

How do you know they were straight answers? 

Why, is your answer coming out of the closet? 

Is that wishful thinking from you

Well, it might make the weekend a bit more interesting... 

[unfazed]

Ah  ok......will keep an eye on emails........two straight answers and no pi$$  take.......I must be on the wrong site   

How do you know they were straight answers? 

Why, is your answer coming out of the closet? 

Is that wishful thinking from you

Well, it might make the weekend a bit more interesting... 

That's just because you don't have a Fazer to ride, your standards are dropping, that's if you have any  :

[ChristoT]

Ah  ok......will keep an eye on emails........two straight answers and no pi$$  take.......I must be on the wrong site   

How do you know they were straight answers? 

Why, is your answer coming out of the closet? 

Is that wishful thinking from you

Well, it might make the weekend a bit more interesting... 

That's just because you don't have a Fazer to ride, your standards are dropping, that's if you have any  :

Tell me about it...  The highlight of my day so far was when I eventually got dressed at 4:30pm, going to co-op and seeing 2 blokes having a punch up in the car park on my way out. I need a bike back on the road! 

[unfazed]

Well it was better than mine looking out at the rain and slagging a French man 

[ChristoT]

Well it was better than mine looking out at the rain and slagging a French man 

Slagging the French? Join the queue! Slagging this Frenchman (who is actually English...  ) - still join the foccin' queue and wait your turn! 

[unfazed]

You bought a Peugeot you must be French