Yahoo Account Compromised

[Baphomet]

kena liao..... sianz... saw alot of failed mail delivery...

[Kb27]

i kena too so how to stop it ? or its a one time spam to my contact list ?

 

It's probably a worm of some kind.

 

It targets your yahoo webmail acct, and try all kinds of passwords.

 

Once it get access, it used your contact list there to send out spam.

 

I use POP to access and only found out when my fren reply my email asking why he needs to be a work-at-home mom making $xxx ?

 

Change your password to very long char, special char, numeric mix.

And delete your contact list there...unfortunately

[Mermaidtales]

We are tracking what appears to be widespread hacking since last Thursday at https://www.facebook.com/okonekey. The modus operandi seems to be the same. An email without a subject header containing a link to a German site is sent to at least four contacts. Complex passwords are no longer enough to deter cyber criminals - you need to activate the two-step verification process also known as two-factor authentication. We would be greatly if you could share your experiences on our Facebook page.

[Beaver]

It's probably a worm of some kind.

 

It targets your yahoo webmail acct, and try all kinds of passwords.

 

Once it get access, it used your contact list there to send out spam.

 

I use POP to access and only found out when my fren reply my email asking why he needs to be a work-at-home mom making $xxx ?

 

Change your password to very long char, special char, numeric mix.

And delete your contact list there...unfortunately

 

 

done and thank you !

[Jman888]

this worm on yahoo mail is getting quite serious lately :huh:

[Eyke]

I oso tio, the sign-in activity log in Yahoo indicates sign in fr India!

[5936]

my son's yahoo account also got hacked. the same like sent out emails from contacts.

 

[Dark]

mine got sign-in from Romania on Sat morning

[Nemo6089]

My yahoo email account auto send out spam to m Director

 

How to explain to big boss huh

 

 

[Nemo6089]

I just change my password to 32 character long with capital and small letters mix with number and &^%#$$%*&

 

will I be able to avoid future spam?

[Kangadrool]

I doubt longer PW will help. It's a virus / worm, which they can easily spam unlike human spammer/hacker which will take more time to guess/hack your account.

[Hiphiphoray]

KNN.....my yahoo email also kena.

 

Send some stupid sales promotion thing to my company email.

 

[Toapayohkid]

is it go prawn site that's how kena? lol

[Jman888]

Hackers target Yahoo users in Singapore: SingCert

Published on Feb 19, 2013

11:05 AM By Irene Tham Technology Correspondent

 

Yahoo users in Singapore have been warned about spam e-mail that could leave them vulnerable to attacks by hackers.

 

A government information watchdog has advised them not to click on the links in these messages - even those that are supposedly sent by friends.

 

The warning was issued last Friday in a bulletin on the website of the Singapore Computer Emergency Response Team (SingCert).

 

It said that there have been reports of spam e-mail from Yahoo accounts containing links to sites selling "work-from-home" schemes and packages.

[Help1]

Hi All

 

Pls refer to http://www.singcert.org.sg/Spam_Email_From...oo_Account.html for the detailed information of the spam email from yahoo..

[Ysc3]

anyone having login issue with yahoo mail recently ?

 

 

[Kb27]

Attack on Yahoo hit 500 million users

 

Yahoo says hackers stole information from about 500 million users in 2014 in what appears to be the largest publicly disclosed cyber-breach in history.

 

The breach included swathes of personal information including names and emails as well as “unencrypted security questions and answers”.

 

It did not include any credit card data, the site said, adding it believed the attack was state-sponsored.

 

In July, Yahoo was sold to US telecoms giant Verizon for $4.8bn (£3.7bn).

 

The FBI has confirmed it is investigating the attack.

 

News of a possible major attack on the technology firm emerged in August when a hacker known as "Peace" was apparently attempting to sell information on 200 million Yahoo accounts.

 

Yahoo on Thursday confirmed the breach was far bigger than first thought.

 

The data taken includes names, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth and encrypted passwords.

 

Yahoo recommended all users should change their passwords if they had not done so since 2014.

 

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37447016

[Kangadrool]

Simi change PW? Change email account to giggle or inlook...