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Sept 11, 2012 5:58:11 GMT 9
Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2012 5:58:11 GMT 9
just wanted to let you all that someone hacked into my yahoo account. they were in the NETHERLANDS. iI've already changed my password, and hope you or your friends dont get any bogus messages from me.
check your email accounts, folks
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Sept 11, 2012 6:17:39 GMT 9
Post by MOW on Sept 11, 2012 6:17:39 GMT 9
How did you find out you've been hacked?
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Sept 11, 2012 7:17:03 GMT 9
Post by pat perry on Sept 11, 2012 7:17:03 GMT 9
How did you find out you've been hacked? Hi MOW, Yahoo and Gmail users are the biggest recipients of email address hijacking. Usually one of their recipients lets them know they have received an email from them that contained only a link that takes them to a site that the either tries to sell them something or downloads a trojan that infects their PC. It's the biggest scam going on the Internet today and can usually be corrected by the owner of the address changing their password or creating a new email account in the same domain. On average I get 1-2 of these hijacked emails a week, mostly from yahoo or gmail users. I always send a notice to the user stating what happened and advising them to check with their email provider and see about changing passwords or user names. Pat P. PS: I use Outlook Express to manage my two email provider accounts and I keep all my 1500 email addesses in my address book on my PC rather than keeping any of them in the email providers address book on line. That way if some hacker hijacks my account, they can't forward scam crap to my friends.
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Sept 11, 2012 7:28:32 GMT 9
Post by MOW on Sept 11, 2012 7:28:32 GMT 9
How did you find out you've been hacked? Hi MOW, Yahoo and Gmail users are the biggest recipients of email address hijacking. Usually one of their recipients lets them know they have received an email from them that contained only a link that takes them to a site that the either tries to sell them something or downloads a trojan that infects their PC. It's the biggest scam going on the Internet today and can usually be corrected by the owner of the address changing their password or creating a new email account in the same domain. On average I get 1-2 of these hijacked emails a week, mostly from yahoo or gmail users. I always send a notice to the user stating what happened and advising them to check with their email provider and see about changing passwords or user names. Pat P. PS: I use Outlook Express to manage my two email provider accounts and I keep all my 1500 email addesses in my address book on my PC rather than keeping any of them in the email providers address book on line. That way if some hacker hijacks my account, they can't forward scam crap to my friends. Yea I know that, but the question was geared towards how do you know you were 'hacked' compared to your email address just being 'sold and used'? While it seems like your account might have been hacked, it really isn't. The chances of your Yahoo account being accessed is slim compared to your address book contacts being stolen, which does not necessarily mean you've been hacked, rather that your contacts have been scanned based on your email address history being sold. Happens all the time, nothing you can do about it other than close your account, open another, and wait for it to happen again. Happens with Hotmail, Juno and more and works around the process of your address being used.
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Sept 11, 2012 7:33:51 GMT 9
Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2012 7:33:51 GMT 9
I received that someone accessed my account, and that they were located in the Netherlands. They told me that if it weren't me to change my password immediately.
they also said that if there were any other events that took place I should close the account and contact them.
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Sept 11, 2012 7:37:44 GMT 9
Post by pat perry on Sept 11, 2012 7:37:44 GMT 9
Hi MOW, Yahoo and Gmail users are the biggest recipients of email address hijacking. Usually one of their recipients lets them know they have received an email from them that contained only a link that takes them to a site that the either tries to sell them something or downloads a trojan that infects their PC. It's the biggest scam going on the Internet today and can usually be corrected by the owner of the address changing their password or creating a new email account in the same domain. On average I get 1-2 of these hijacked emails a week, mostly from yahoo or gmail users. I always send a notice to the user stating what happened and advising them to check with their email provider and see about changing passwords or user names. Pat P. PS: I use Outlook Express to manage my two email provider accounts and I keep all my 1500 email addesses in my address book on my PC rather than keeping any of them in the email providers address book on line. That way if some hacker hijacks my account, they can't forward scam crap to my friends. Yea I know that, but the question was geared towards how do you know you were 'hacked' compared to your email address just being 'sold and used'? While it seems like your account might have been hacked, it really isn't. The chances of your Yahoo account being accessed is slim compared to your address book contacts being stolen, which does not necessarily mean you've been hacked, rather that your contacts have been scanned based on your email address history being sold. Happens all the time, nothing you can do about it other than close your account, open another, and wait for it to happen again. Happens with Hotmail, Juno and more and works around the process of your address being used. MOW, You are correct. "Hacked" has become the commonly used term for anything done to me via PC by someone else. It gets me hacked (aka pissed) every time I hear the term hacked. :rofl Pat P.
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Sept 11, 2012 7:44:05 GMT 9
Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2012 7:44:05 GMT 9
definition of HACK, FROM WIKIPEDIA
Hack (computer security) to break into computers and computer networks
THIS IS INFORMATION FROM YAHOO SECURITY AND ACTIVITY FROM MY LOG
1:50 PM Browser Logged in to Mail AZ, US 1:19 PM Browser Logged in to Mail Netherlands 10:51 AM Browser Logged in to Yahoo Front Page AZ, US Yesterday 8:51 PM Browser Logged in to Yahoo Front Page AZ, US 8:10 PM Browser Logged in to Yahoo Front Page AZ, US View More
If you notice any unusual activity you do not recognize...
Change your password to protect your account Create your Yahoo! sign-in seal to protect yourself from password theft and phishing Contact our Customer Care to get further help
CALL IT WHATEVER THE HELL YOU LIKE, THIS ISNT THE FIRST TIME SOMETHING SCREWY HAS HAPPENED ON THIS SITE.
I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW SOMEBODY FROM THE NETHERLANDS GOT ONTO MY YAHOO ACCOUNT, WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE OR PERMISSION..
IF YOU DONT CARE, GOOD FOR YOU.
I HAVE MULTIPLE YAHOO ACCOUNTS, THIS IS THE ONLY 1 I USE HERE. NONE OF THE OTHERS WAS HACKED
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Sept 11, 2012 8:02:34 GMT 9
Post by MOW on Sept 11, 2012 8:02:34 GMT 9
Ron - that has nothing to do with this site. We have zero connection with Yahoo or any other system. There is no such thing as a silver bullet security setting for every account you have. You not only have to set security settings for all accounts but you need to CHECK them routinely, because as Facebook fans know oh so well, application upgrades will at times modify account settings. With Facebook it was privacy settings (rat bastards).
Now, as for your notification you listed, was this sent to you by Yahoo through your Yahoo mail account? Or through the NOTIFICATIONS section of Yahoo? Yahoo will usually send you a Notification for suspicious activity.
Do you use Yahoo Messenger?
I can tell you that we surely do appreciate any and all notifications of odd activities to accounts so we can all be on the lookout, no doubt about that.
And you can get pissed all you want and type in CAPS all day long, but please understand that this is the sh!t SOME OF US live for every day, all day, globally as a profession and know just a little bit more than most. So don't say we don't care and don't think we don't take it seriously, it's just that I no longer jump 12 feet in the air every time someone says HACKED, because more times than not, it isn't a hack problem or an access violation issue. I will verify and validate before I jump 12 feet.
In your case, yes, change your password. This is a practice that should be done routinely anyway. And if like so many, you use the same password for multiple accounts... change them all.
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Sept 11, 2012 8:52:43 GMT 9
Post by MOW on Sept 11, 2012 8:52:43 GMT 9
And BTW hacked does indeed mean to break into computers and/or computer networks, but by using other means than normal account access rights.
When someone, anyone, accesses a User Account using an actual legit logon credential it IS NOT hacked, it is compromised. The account is being access with a legit account, but by someone other than the intended owner/user.
Changing passwords routinely, never using a previous password twice, and making your password complexity tough will normally prevent anyone from 'finding' your password to log in to your account.
Hacking i.e. back-door access or access by other means than a user account, is not as common as people think anymore. The power of password protection is in your hands. The availability of your email accounts is NOT in your hands as once you post it anywhere it will be found. Protecting your user account is what keeps people out.
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Sept 11, 2012 8:58:00 GMT 9
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Oct 16, 2012 5:32:01 GMT 9
Post by biendhoa on Oct 16, 2012 5:32:01 GMT 9
It has started again, getting emails from ray durdon,the irish one and much more people on the forum.
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Oct 16, 2012 6:14:36 GMT 9
Post by Gene on Oct 16, 2012 6:14:36 GMT 9
just checked mine thru the above link... all is well here.. :us_flag
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Oct 16, 2012 9:29:33 GMT 9
Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on Oct 16, 2012 9:29:33 GMT 9
There is only one security that works.
Close every Internet account you have.
Cancel your Internet Provider Account.
Turn off the wireless connection.
Unplug any and all connections to your computer, phone, cable or satellite.
Do not go on-line for any reason.
Only use your computer for word processing, accounting and built-in games (Solitaire).
Oh, I get it.
You really want to use your computer for something other than an expensive typewriter or calculator.
You want to go on line, so you can get frustrated, exasperated, irate, angry, violent, from trying to figure the reasons computers do what they do, at the most inappropriate times.
O.K.
Lots of luck with security if you plug your computer in and go on-line.
Like MOW said a while back: "There is no 'Silver Bullet' when i t comes to Internet security".
Meanwhile, I will keep updating my security systems, and passwords, hoping I stay "safe".
Jim Too
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Oct 16, 2012 13:35:32 GMT 9
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Oct 16, 2012 22:23:31 GMT 9
Post by ma1marv on Oct 16, 2012 22:23:31 GMT 9
Sorry Jim - but just using your computer for those purposes is NOT safe either! From my TEMPEST experience - it would be best if you really wanted security in what you write - to put it down on paper with a pencil - then burn it! Security is a matter of possibility and probability.
First -is it possible - Hell yes ! With anything electronic there is always apossibility of someone with my skills and equipment finding and retrieving your info.
Second - is it probable? Depends on the info you are processing and who may want it! If its TOP SECRET info then the whole world wants to know. If its your bank account - then there are a whole lot of other ways to get that information than attacking your personal computer.
So - for REAL security - go back to pencil and paper - the North Koreans do this -still! Also - shoot the messanger when you receive something! That keeps the chain in order - the other messengers will get the picture real quick!
The best thing you can do - otherwise - is to keep up with your anti-virus and scan regularly, change passwords, use better password structure and watch for possibilities of a breach in your security.
Sorry to have added some fuel to this fire - but if you want more info - I can send you a website to look into. It may just scare you!
Hope everyone has a great day today! Its 55 degrees outside and I'm having my coffee and muffin on the back porch! Really calm and fabulous Fall morning!
MArv :fire_missle_ani :patriotic-flagwaver :green-beer
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Oct 17, 2012 1:15:06 GMT 9
Post by LBer1568 on Oct 17, 2012 1:15:06 GMT 9
I spent a long time dealing with Computer Systems Security in the AF, and as a contractor for AF after retirement. I am a Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) with Sub level Certifications: Information Systems Security Engineering Professional (ISSEP) and Information Systems Security Management Professional (ISSMP). I have National Security Agency (NSA) certifications: INFOSEC Evaluation Methodology (IEM) and INFOSEC Analysis Methodology (IAM) IEM allows me to certify Compouter Information Systems in use and IAM certification of Systems in development. I am a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), ORACLE Security Administrator, Certified Network Security Professional (CNSP), and an Ethical Hacker.
I advocate several things that DoD and AF never accepted. For instance, all DoD Systems are programmed to deactivate an account when a certain number of incorrect log-ons occur (3 was last I used) and a Password so complex that you have to write it down (Security violation) to remember it. Since after 3 tries account is locked, why worry about such complex Passwords and changing them every 30-60-90 days. They also have a method of usernames that the whole world can figure out. In a system that uses Physical item (CAC), a known item (Username) and something only you know (PAssword) giving away username is 1/3 of required date. But that's just my uneducated opinion.
But back to the hacking of accounts here. Every system connected to network/internet is open to illegal entry (Hacking). Some hacking is good (Ethical Hacker). I was lisenced to atttempt to enter networks for security purposes. That's how we determine if system was as safe as possible. We were provided Kiddie scripts. That"s the software freely available on net that young kids use to hack into unauthorized places. We also got tools that were not easily available to general public.
But the tools available for free can be used by inexperienced users to break into low to medium security sites/networks/computers.
Individual users can do many things to prevent (actually lower the likellihood) being hacked. Keeping copmuter up to date with vendor supplied security patches. Set up Microsoft Security Essentials and set it for automatic updates. It's free and considered as good as the purchased ones (Better than many). Use fairly complex passwords and never allow others access to your accounts. If others use your computer, set up guest account for them. Log off when not in use.
Monitor your bank accounts frequently. I use Quicken to maintain account history and go on-line at least once a day to download account activity. Don't set up charge/credit card auto use for web sites. Amazon is prime example. They will ask if you want them to remember your account info. Thats how account info is often hacked. Many hacks are not the responsibility of web site, but the companies who operate the credit card activities. Those are beyond our control.
We used to call DoD security a system of three "G's". Gates, Guards and Guns. Physical Security is still a concern. It keeps unauthorized individuals away from computers and more importantly, network connections. I used to carry my laptop and a cat 5 cable. I would enter a Agency and wonder around until I found an unattended network connection. In most cases I could log on to network. Many applications still have "Backdoors" which are accounts built into system for techies to log on when system users gets locked out.
I agree with MOW 100% and his post about hacking. First and formost, social wbsites are the most dangerous place to visit. They want to make it easy for individuals to log on and use their capabilities. They make sharing of data easy, and non-secure. And they don't take any responsibility for their lack of security. I personally don't use multiple e-mail acounts. I use one and monitor where I use it. Having multiple accounts makes it easier to hack as you don't monitor them as much. Free e-mail sites provide easy access and little or no security. The seldom have lock outs for failed attempts and post disclaimers for breaches.
As a last mention, many hackers use Alert messages that you have been hacked as a means to get your account info. So beware of those scams. Ron, Your "log" shows activity from your IE browser. It showed:
1:50 PM Browser Logged in to Mail AZ, US 1:19 PM Browser Logged in to Mail Netherlands 10:51 AM Browser Logged in to Yahoo Front Page AZ, US
This shows activity on your browser. It is read from bottom to top. A log-on to YAHOO, then later a log-on to a mail account in Netherlands, then later a log-on to an AZ mail. This does not appear to be a "Hack" in my opinion. But records activity on your PC and your Browser. You appear to log on to Yahoo front page and stay logged on. I don't recommend anyone staying logged unless in use. Just my two-cents worth.
Lorin
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Oct 17, 2012 1:40:54 GMT 9
Post by LBer1568 on Oct 17, 2012 1:40:54 GMT 9
Recieving e-mails from folks here is not necessarily a hack. More likely from social engineering. Many of us post our e-mail accounts in our profile. Many automated software programs search web sites and look for available e-mails details. They then send scam/ads etc to members on list they created. From the names you asume it is from someone on site, but is a scam sites legal entry to retrive available/posted date. It's not a hack of this site, but a gathering of data from publically posted data.
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Oct 18, 2012 16:53:22 GMT 9
Post by Bullhunter on Oct 18, 2012 16:53:22 GMT 9
I could not get into the forms tonight myself without changing my PW.
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Oct 19, 2012 4:50:29 GMT 9
Post by Gene on Oct 19, 2012 4:50:29 GMT 9
golly loren when you get enough creds. to talk about these things...but until then... :rofl my last days as a dafc were problematic with all the passwords and gate codes... and i didnt even have a job that needed a higher clearance... i havent had any problems other than stated...every once in a while the old laptop starts bucking around... like i cant open something with its icon... or like i needed to print something off the internet and went to tools and chose print...and it didnt print... i just shut everything down and restarted... all was fine... the printer kicked right over and spit out the doc. i was trying for earlier...
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Oct 19, 2012 6:36:41 GMT 9
Post by pat perry on Oct 19, 2012 6:36:41 GMT 9
I could not get into the forms tonight myself without changing my PW. Gary, I checked ProBoards Support... support.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=supportand there were 3 problems reported with passwords but they all had to do with trying to access their forums via smartphones rather than their PC as they usually do. That didn't sound like the problem you experienced. You can check the support link above like a visitor without having to sign up. When someone reports a problem on the F-106 Forum one of us moderators usually goes to this support link to see if anyone is reporting similar sounding problems in the last few days. Let us know if that password thing happens again by starting a new thread in the Computer Tech Support catagory in our Purgatory section. That way, if the problem gets a lot of traffic on our forum we can send the link to ProBoards and they can view all of our input first hand. Thanks, Pat P.
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