Comments for NicoleSpag

Comment on Oh Skype Spam You Make Me Laugh by Heather

Heather — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:01:53 +0000

Did anyone try to follow up with this “Jerry Wood” and see what he was going to try to do, like get money from you, to help him retrieve the supposed 18 million? Or what?

Comment on Your Gmail is Hacked…What’s Next by Ben

Ben — Wed, 19 May 2010 17:59:28 +0000

Lifelock is garbage

http://20somethingfinance.com/lifelock-review/

Comment on Facebook Privacy: Set it up! Here’s how by Tom (wizer)

Tom (wizer) — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:49:25 +0000

Hey Nicole, I just stumbled on this post. I’m now all setup, thanks. Scary when you think what people have access to!

Cheers

Tom

Comment on Your Gmail is Hacked…What’s Next by Nicole

Nicole — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 23:47:44 +0000

Because LifeLock is not a cure-all and at best it’s an early warning system. LifeLock would not have prevented gmail or paypal getting hacked. Where LifeLock matters is the crap that goes down after everything hits the fan. Personally I still see my security as my responsibility, LifeLock is there to support me.

Comment on Your Gmail is Hacked…What’s Next by Bob

Bob — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 23:46:57 +0000

I have been using LastPass (LastPass.com) for awile now as a password manager on my PC. It got good reviews from reliable sources and has been working good for me. It will allow you to have different passwords for different accounts and manage them for you. Just make sure that the master password for LastPass is secure.

Comment on Your Gmail is Hacked…What’s Next by Brandon P

Brandon P — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:24:32 +0000

Why not just get LifeLock and be done with it?

Comment on Your Gmail is Hacked…What’s Next by dave tribbett

dave tribbett — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:15:12 +0000

Ouch, been there and have done that. I now make my passwords ridiculously complicated and I maintain a log of every site I sign up for – because it will happen again. Remember that not all hacks are randomly generated passwords, in many cases another system is hacked which has all of your data in it.
Another trick is putting in the wrong birth date (consistently) in sites that you don’t care about (not your bank).
Did you/they determine where the hack was initiated from? Probably using proxies but still can track some things…
Thanks for the post, it is good that people know this actually happens!

Comment on Oh Skype Spam You Make Me Laugh by dave tribbett

dave tribbett — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:10:03 +0000

Funny stuff, I get these as well. I only use Skype now when I have a call to do otherwise it is not loaded.

Comment on Your Gmail is Hacked…What’s Next by Jon

Jon — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:46:42 +0000

Here are 2 important programs that people should think about running on their systems to make sure that all security holes are properly closed off and that there is no personal data on your computer that you don’t know about.

http://www.identityfinder.com/

http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/

I use both of these for my government job and will help give you are good picture of what is actually on your computer.

Comment on Your Gmail is Hacked…What’s Next by Nate

Nate — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:08:36 +0000

It’s awesome that the paypal money got all restored:)! I’ve certainly learned some lessons from everything you’ve shared. Thanks, and hopefully it will never happen again.