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RE: How to secure my yahoo account
From: "Hagen, Eric" <ehagen () DenverNewspaperAgency com>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 11:50:57 -0700
I would recommend using a more secure email service such as HushMail. (I am not affiliated with them, nor am I a customer since I run my own mail service). They offer secure encrypted webmail for free and let you pay for an account with encrypted IMAP access and other goodies. They store the email encrypted on the server and you can choose to PGP encrypt outgoing mail. Also, it uses a client-side java encryption that ensures your communications are given additional encryption beyond the HTTPS:// SSL. If that's not an option, use the webbug to find out if someone is spying on you and/or change your password as soon as possible if you're worried about your security. Eric -----Original Message----- From: Farid [mailto:securitybox () fusemail com] Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 9:13 AM To: security-basics () securityfocus com Subject: How to secure my yahoo account Hi How can you know if your yahoo account password has been cracked in case the cracker doesn't change it or manipulate any other data relevant to your account(for instance after reading your mails marks them as unread,etc)? Is there a sort of login log on yahoo? How can I get sure that my account never gets hacked? Is password cracking possible since yahoo changed her authentication method? I have heard of yahoo password crackers which without any sort of social engineering or keylogging could give you the passwd. cheers --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ethical Hacking at InfoSec Institute. Mention this ad and get $720 off any course! All of our class sizes are guaranteed to be 10 students or less. We provide Ethical Hacking, Advanced Ethical Hacking, Intrusion Prevention, and many other technical hands on courses. Visit us at http://www.infosecinstitute.com/securityfocus to get $720 off any course! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ethical Hacking at InfoSec Institute. Mention this ad and get $720 off any course! All of our class sizes are guaranteed to be 10 students or less. We provide Ethical Hacking, Advanced Ethical Hacking, Intrusion Prevention, and many other technical hands on courses. Visit us at http://www.infosecinstitute.com/securityfocus to get $720 off any course! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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