From: "Bob W"
it's unlikely that anyone accessed his computer; perhaps the most
common vector
for this sort of thing is that some site where Paul had registered was
hacked
and the hacker obtained a list of email addresses and passwords
(possibly
decrypted via dictionary attack); if his password there was the same as
his
Comcast email password, the hacker could then log into Paul's Comcast
webmail,
harvest contact addresses, and send out email in Paul's name via
Comcast
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14371738
One problem is you get so many online accounts with every one of them
requiring a password, how do you manage the proliferation?
I try to make them all highly secure using random combinations of
upper-case, lower-case, numbers & where possible special characters. But
after a while there's just too many to keep track of and remember.
How do you keep track of them all and still keep them secure?
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