> > As many of you may already know, Low End Mac's PayPal account was >> hijacked over the weekend. Someone using the email address >> "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" managed to hack my password, add his/her address to the > > account, remove my access to the account, and break the bank. > > >I was wondering how someone would get your non-dictionary password. >Here's an interesting article about hacking PayPal: >http://www.ygoodman.com/zdpphack.html. The possibility it suggests >is getting suckered by a bum link that *said* it was to PayPal, but >was actually to what I assume would be a lookalike URL like >paypol.com (I have no idea if there is such a URL--it's just an >example I made up). Your browser wouldn't complain so long as the >certificate they were using matched the domain. If you could >locate such a funny link, that might be more helpful towards >catching the miscreant than anything else. If you have a browser >that keeps track of lots of recent sites, you might find it buried >in some menu. Just a thought.
IF you did just recently go to "the" site and put in your password because "paypal" asked to you, you may well have fallen victim...there was a new one going around just in the last few weeks. Something about pizza boys - I can get you more info if that is what happened... I am on several ebay lists and this happens quite often between ebay and paypal there are LOTS of letters going around asking you to go confirm a password on a page that isn't really what it seems - and they go to LOTS of trouble to link you back to original links for everything but the first page you go to...it is so real it is scary! Michele -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
