Security Reminder For Everyone (Email and Forum)

[bestestblackhatter]

Hi all,

My gMail account was hacked last night at 3AM by an IP from Germany.

Tips for you to do now!
1. Use email forwarder like akapost[dot]com for forums, online forms, etc.
2. For forums, Under General Settings or Edit Options: Uncheck the "Allow vCard Download" Because if you want to keep your email address private, do not allow vCard downloads!
3. Use a different password for different forums, use an excel to manage.

And if all the above fails and your gmail account still got hacked into, I hate to do this and hate to say this but you have to change your gmail password !

I've done all of the above.

[Losille]

Thanks that is very useful. I can't find the V-Card here.
I use an account setup for forums only. That way it is easy to find notifications of post that I subscribe to.
I got a notice from Gmail twice that someone was trying to access my account. Now I use my Cpanel email option to generate a complex password that I don't use anywhere else.

[bestestblackhatter]

NIce..



Yo man, just tell me what you want, and keep off my accounts.. :P

[bestestblackhatter]

Yo man, just tell me what you want, and keep off my accounts.. :P