One other thing to add... There is now spyware and adware software out there that steals passwords. These are getting to be very common. Unless you are using a Mac or a Linux box, you should always use a browser like Opera or Firefox on Windows machines and avoid Internet Explorer at all costs.
Russ W. Knize wrote: >The other trick is common password among your various logins. At minimum, >you need 3 or 4 different passwords. Weak ones can be used on untrusted >sites that you don't really care about. Strong ones for important things >like banking (PayPal included). For instance, if the password you use on >your email account with your provider matches your eBay password, an >attacker can change your eBay account and intercept the confirmation >emails so that you are non the wiser. Email authentication is generally >cleartext, so even if it is a strong password, they can still sniff it. >Things like PayPal, your bank, etc need strong *UNIQUE* passwords so that >if any one is compromised, it doesn't open you up completely. > >Russ > >Mike Fisher said: > > >>My guess is a weak password. There are tons of hackers out there >>looking for weak passwords all the time. You should always at the >>minimum have at least 8 characters, lower and upper case, with numerics >>in there somewhere. Never use you birthday or wifes name or your >>favorite pets name or any name for that matter. Heres a good example of >>a semi-strong password - Rd4t5K9o. This is just random, but hard to >>crack. >> >>Marc Medina wrote: >> >> >> >>>Some details on how you were defrauded would help us all. >>>Thanks, >>>Marc Medina >>>http://www.geocities.com/mcm95403 >>> >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "Codered Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>To: <shelby-dodge@imagicomm.com> >>>Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 1:46 PM >>>Subject: SD> pay pal >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>To all, I had over a grand taken out of my checking account from >>>>Russia. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>The >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>bank traced it back to pay pal. So please Donot trust paypal!!!!! >>>> >>>> >>-----------------------REMOVE-FOOTER-WHEN-REPLYING---------------------------- >>Questions? Visit http://www.sdml.org/ >> >>To be removed, visit http://www.sdml.org/pages/leave.html >> >> >> > > >Thanks, >Russ > >-----------------------REMOVE-FOOTER-WHEN-REPLYING---------------------------- >Questions? Visit http://www.sdml.org/ > >To be removed, visit http://www.sdml.org/pages/leave.html -----------------------REMOVE-FOOTER-WHEN-REPLYING---------------------------- Questions? Visit http://www.sdml.org/ To be removed, visit http://www.sdml.org/pages/leave.html
