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Ed Kummel | 17 Jun 2012 13:08
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Dan | 17 Jun 2012 18:56

Re: (no subject) -hmmm who ate the subject?

Hmm has Ed been hacked?  A redirect to a article on Diet drops?  And a
no subject?  While it says Fox News the website is health 24?  If it was
really FOX wouldn't they call it Fox News Health or such?  Not to
mention if you click on any of the Fox News buttons it takes you to a
website to buy the stuff lol.

-Dan

On 6/17/2012 7:08 AM, Ed Kummel wrote:
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Grant Hutchinson | 18 Jun 2012 17:35
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On 2012-06-17, at 10:56 AM, Dan wrote:

> Hmm has Ed been hacked?

Yes. Either that or someone has spoofed his address and blanket posted spam from it.

I have notified Ed that his email address had been temporarily placed in moderated mode.

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Ed Kummel | 18 Jun 2012 19:50
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Re: (no subject) -hmmm who ate the subject?

It really is embarrassing...I don't know how they did it...All my passwords are 16 random character
passwords. So someone had to work really hard to get into my account. 

Either that, or my recently acquired Android phone (about 3 days ago) acquired some malware that captured
my Yahoo login. Yahoo says that someone logged into my account from Croatia using the web
site...Um...I've never been to Croatia, and isn't Croatia a known hacking haven?
Anyways, I have changed my password to 24 random characters and changed my questions to outright lies so
nobody can guess them!
We'll see...I have not logged into my Yahoo account from my Android phone yet, and all is still OK. I'm a
little gun shy though right now.

Ed
web/gadget guru

 
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Forrest | 18 Jun 2012 22:28
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Re: (no subject) -hmmm who ate the subject?

Perhaps it's wise to be careful when choosing Android apps.

While I'm a huge fan of open source, intellectual freedom and options, there's a lot to be said for
sandboxing. I don't care about apps I'm not "allowed" to have, and I don't have to worry (as much) ;) about malware.

Not meant to start a discussion over "which is better"...certainly, none of that. Both systems have
advantages and disadvantages.

Just sayin'.

Thanks,
--Forrest

Sent from my AT&T iPhone 4

On Jun 18, 2012, at 10:50 AM, Ed Kummel <tech_ed <at> yahoo.com> wrote:

> It really is embarrassing...I don't know how they did it...All my passwords are 16 random character
passwords. So someone had to work really hard to get into my account. 
> 
> Either that, or my recently acquired Android phone (about 3 days ago) acquired some malware that captured
my Yahoo login. Yahoo says that someone logged into my account from Croatia using the web
site...Um...I've never been to Croatia, and isn't Croatia a known hacking haven?
> Anyways, I have changed my password to 24 random characters and changed my questions to outright lies so
nobody can guess them!
> We'll see...I have not logged into my Yahoo account from my Android phone yet, and all is still OK. I'm a
little gun shy though right now.
> 
> Ed
> web/gadget guru
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Dan | 19 Jun 2012 00:21

Re: (no subject) -hmmm who ate the subject?

Hmmm, you know it makes me wonder if they manged to guess your password
recovery questions.  Personally I NEVER actually give real answers
there.  It is another long string of nonsense characters.  It is funny
(not really) when you think about it...many people now will use a long
password but password recovery questions that people might be able to
guess (especially if they know you).

I doubt that is true in Ed's case.  My bet would be the phone,
especially if it didn't use a secure connection while logging in and
someone managed to "sniff" that.  If I recall you can log into yahoo
with either http or https.  Some apps still use http by default.
Malware might be culprit but unless you have either a used phone or have
been loading unknown apps in the past 3 days...I suspect the connection
wasn't secure when you logged in and someone sniffed the wireless
traffic to either get your password OR the token/cookie.

-Dan

On 6/18/2012 1:50 PM, Ed Kummel wrote:
> It really is embarrassing...I don't know how they did it...All my passwords are 16 random character
passwords. So someone had to work really hard to get into my account. 
> 
> Either that, or my recently acquired Android phone (about 3 days ago) acquired some malware that captured
my Yahoo login. Yahoo says that someone logged into my account from Croatia using the web
site...Um...I've never been to Croatia, and isn't Croatia a known hacking haven?
> Anyways, I have changed my password to 24 random characters and changed my questions to outright lies so
nobody can guess them!
> We'll see...I have not logged into my Yahoo account from my Android phone yet, and all is still OK. I'm a
little gun shy though right now.
>
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Lord Groundhog | 19 Jun 2012 01:21
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~~~ On 2012/06/18 18:50, Ed Kummel at tech_ed <at> yahoo.com wrote ~~~

> It really is embarrassing...I don't know how they did it...All my passwords
> are 16 random character passwords. So someone had to work really hard to get
> into my account. 
> 
> Either that, or my recently acquired Android phone (about 3 days ago) acquired
> some malware that captured my Yahoo login. Yahoo says that someone logged into
> my account from Croatia using the web site...Um...I've never been to Croatia,
> and isn't Croatia a known hacking haven?
> Anyways, I have changed my password to 24 random characters and changed my
> questions to outright lies so nobody can guess them!
> We'll see...I have not logged into my Yahoo account from my Android phone yet,
> and all is still OK. I'm a little gun shy though right now.
> 
> Ed
> web/gadget guru
> 
>  

Ed, 

You have my total sympathy.  This happened to me about 4 years ago on
another list, and my account was used to spam everyone else.  Because it's a
non-techie list, the admin didn't understand what I was saying and wouldn't
even consider the possibility that I wasn't to blame.  Straight out ban,
although he did invite me to come back if I could get the Yahoo tech support
to look into it.  

So I spent over a year trying to get Yahoo techs to investigate, perhaps to
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Tony Kan | 19 Jun 2012 01:47
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My brother's Yahoo account spammed me two days ago.  Looks like someone has
got into Yahoo and is making mayhem.  His has been inactive for a couple of
years now.

Cheers

Tony Kan

Christchurch
New Zealand

-----Original Message-----
From: newtontalk-bounces <at> newtontalk.net
[mailto:newtontalk-bounces <at> newtontalk.net] On Behalf Of Ed Kummel
Sent: Tuesday, 19 June 2012 5:51 a.m.
To: newtontalk <at> newtontalk.net
Subject: Re: [NTLK] (no subject) -hmmm who ate the subject?

It really is embarrassing...I don't know how they did it...All my passwords
are 16 random character passwords. So someone had to work really hard to get
into my account. 

Either that, or my recently acquired Android phone (about 3 days ago)
acquired some malware that captured my Yahoo login. Yahoo says that someone
logged into my account from Croatia using the web site...Um...I've never
been to Croatia, and isn't Croatia a known hacking haven?
Anyways, I have changed my password to 24 random characters and changed my
questions to outright lies so nobody can guess them!
We'll see...I have not logged into my Yahoo account from my Android phone
yet, and all is still OK. I'm a little gun shy though right now.
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Laurence W Brown | 19 Jun 2012 07:11
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Yahoo mail is well-known for being pretty easy to compromise...

Sent from my 2Pad…

On Jun 18, 2012, at 16:47, Tony Kan <tony.kan <at> clear.net.nz> wrote:

> My brother's Yahoo account spammed me two days ago.  Looks like someone has
> got into Yahoo and is making mayhem.  His has been inactive for a couple of
> years now.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Tony Kan
> 
> Christchurch
> New Zealand
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: newtontalk-bounces <at> newtontalk.net
> [mailto:newtontalk-bounces <at> newtontalk.net] On Behalf Of Ed Kummel
> Sent: Tuesday, 19 June 2012 5:51 a.m.
> To: newtontalk <at> newtontalk.net
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] (no subject) -hmmm who ate the subject?
> 
> It really is embarrassing...I don't know how they did it...All my passwords
> are 16 random character passwords. So someone had to work really hard to get
> into my account. 
> 
> Either that, or my recently acquired Android phone (about 3 days ago)
> acquired some malware that captured my Yahoo login. Yahoo says that someone
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Dan | 19 Jun 2012 07:55

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I just hope that does not apply to ISP's that use yahoo.  Recently my
ISP announced they were going to start having yahoo as their email
provider.  Apparently nothing is to really change as far as the user is
concerned except the web interface (if one uses it) is to become more
'useful'.  But as I said I do hope the security is better than standard
Yahoo mail lol.

Come to think of it I did have a friend I knew back in 1998 or so that I
started getting spam from a few months ago (last real message was
probably 2001 or so).  Then the spam stopped.  That was also a Yahoo
address.  I just assumed she was hacked due to a weak password.  But now
it looks as though that is not the only way with regard to yahoo accounts.

-Dan

On 6/19/2012 1:11 AM, Laurence W Brown wrote:
> Yahoo mail is well-known for being pretty easy to compromise...
> 
> Sent from my 2Pad�c
> 
> On Jun 18, 2012, at 16:47, Tony Kan wrote:
> 
>> My brother's Yahoo account spammed me two days ago.  Looks like someone has
>> got into Yahoo and is making mayhem.  His has been inactive for a couple of
>> years now.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Tony Kan
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