On 09/14/2011 01:21 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote:
Do AOL and Yahoo have lockout policies? Pretty sure they do. If so, then I am a grave
doubter of the guess theory. It would take forever to run a dictionary attack. It's more
likely malware, or (pretty remote chance of this) intercepted wireless or ethernet
traffic. (Didn't you mention you were a teacher? Any kids in your class that seem
"promising"?) I am sure AOL and Yahoo do not send passwords clear text. Some
people use the same account and password for a lot of different things, and one of those
things may use clear text login. Another remote possibility is a compromise of a
user/password database somewhere.
Also, if the email appeared to be coming from Richmond, there is a pretty good
chance it didn't. Most spammers are smarter than that these days. Only way to
tell is to look at the headers (if possible). What worries me is that Jacque
also got emails from off list, suggesting common data access. It may be
coincidence, it may not. When in doubt, assume enemy action.
Richmond, if you do any internet access from a Windows machine, I would be
suspect of that until you can confirm otherwise, and do not use it to change
your password or log into any sensitive accounts. Consider also, that if you
kept any other passwords saved in your email (Google keeps an All Mail folder
the putzes) those are also likely compromised. Finally, of course, make sure
your malware protection is up to date.
Thanks.
I run machines on Ubuntu, Mint Linux and Ma OS 10.4, so suspect malware
is not the problem.
Bob
On Sep 13, 2011, at 12:43 PM, Jerry Jensen wrote:
I've seen this numerous times in the last few months, usually from aol or yahoo
accounts. So far it has apparently turned out to be guessed passwords. Change
your password, Richmond. Use a good one. Certainly nothing thats in the
dictionary!
--Jerry
On Sep 13, 2011, at 10:04 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
On 9/13/11 7:28 AM, Richmond Mathewson wrote:
Not at all funny; just got an e-mail ostensibly from the Livecode
Use-List and myself (!!!!!) containing NO title an the following URL:
Same thing (with varying URLs) has come to me from a couple of AOL users.
There's a bug going around.
--
Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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