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Posted by Dr. Bob on November 5, 2002, at 19:50:40
[Posted by kitkat on November 5, 2002, at 14:58:42]
> Not sure if this is the right place to report this, but I received an e-mail today from a sender using my Psycho Babble screen name followed by numbers, with a blind carbon copy to my ISP e mail account.
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> The only place I use that particular screen name is on a Psycho Babble message board, and I am concerned that someone is accessing that info as well as my e mail account name.
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> Please let me know if your IT people can stop this, or let me know how to delete my account with you.
>
> It's a shame if hackers and spammers have violated a private site which appears to help a lot of people.
Posted by Dr. Bob on November 5, 2002, at 19:53:28
In reply to Site Security « kitkat, posted by Dr. Bob on November 5, 2002, at 19:50:40
> > Not sure if this is the right place to report this
This is the right board, but it's a new topic, so I started this new thread...
> > I received an e-mail today from a sender using my Psycho Babble screen name followed by numbers, with a blind carbon copy to my ISP e mail account.
Can you forward that email to me? With all its headers, if you know how to do that?
> > It's a shame if hackers and spammers have violated a private site which appears to help a lot of people.
It would be, but I wouldn't assume that's what's happened...
Bob
Posted by oracle on November 6, 2002, at 11:06:42
In reply to Re: Site Security, posted by Dr. Bob on November 5, 2002, at 19:53:28
kitkat is a pretty common user name.
Posted by fachad on November 6, 2002, at 12:21:03
In reply to Site Security « kitkat, posted by Dr. Bob on November 5, 2002, at 19:50:40
Could someone have got hold of this information by getting to the cookies on your PC, rather than any lapse of security on PSB?
I think that some spyware works by reading all your cookies.
Just a possibility - Dr. Bob, could this be how this happened or do you think it was a security breach at PSB?
> [Posted by kitkat on November 5, 2002, at 14:58:42]
>
> > Not sure if this is the right place to report this, but I received an e-mail today from a sender using my Psycho Babble screen name followed by numbers, with a blind carbon copy to my ISP e mail account.
> >
> > The only place I use that particular screen name is on a Psycho Babble message board, and I am concerned that someone is accessing that info as well as my e mail account name.
> >
> > Please let me know if your IT people can stop this, or let me know how to delete my account with you.
> >
> > It's a shame if hackers and spammers have violated a private site which appears to help a lot of people.
Posted by Dr. Bob on November 6, 2002, at 20:36:28
In reply to Re: Site Security - Could it be a Cookie Stealer?, posted by fachad on November 6, 2002, at 12:21:03
> Could someone have got hold of this information by getting to the cookies on your PC, rather than any lapse of security on PSB?
"This information" = their posting name? That is in fact stored, unencrypted, in a cookie...
> Just a possibility - Dr. Bob, could this be how this happened or do you think it was a security breach at PSB?
I'm biased, of course, but I don't think it's a security breach on this end. But I don't know anything about "cookie stealers". And I'd really like to see that email...
Bob
Posted by kitkat on November 7, 2002, at 17:02:31
In reply to Re: Could it be a Cookie Stealer?, posted by Dr. Bob on November 6, 2002, at 20:36:28
Thanks for info on "cookie stealers". Tho I don't know anything about them, it has been a while since I dumped my temp files so I'll do that.
Dr. Bob, I forwarded the original e-mail to you on 11/6 at dr-bob@uchicago per your request didn't you receive? I'll reforward today, but in case it doesn't forward, here's the URL I copied from its link, there were no headers:
http:/www.nestd.urq64438key=5417164438index=kkj217164438.5334202@c1010.hudjheuhfnnvgxvbchnfhfujryyfgbch.co.uk/a/clickthru.cgi?id=vegas
I had to copy above by hand, for some reason my copy and paste wouldn't work on it.
Clicking on the link takes you to a mortgage company site. I'm really curious about what's going on and would appreciate being kept up to date.
Thanks to all,
KK
Posted by oracle on November 8, 2002, at 14:20:19
In reply to Re: Could it be a Cookie Stealer? » Dr. Bob, posted by kitkat on November 7, 2002, at 17:02:31
> Dr. Bob, I forwarded the original e-mail to you on 11/6 at dr-bob@uchicago per your request didn't you receive? I'll reforward today, but in case it doesn't forward, here's the URL I copied from its link, there were no headers:
Hmmmmm.... without headers an email cannot go anywhere, so if you got it, it has to have headers
>
> http:/www.nestd.urq64438key=5417164438index=kkj217164438.5334202@c1010.hudjheuhfnnvgxvbchnfhfujryyfgbch.co.uk/a/clickthru.cgi?id=vegas
>
> I had to copy above by hand, for some reason my copy and paste wouldn't work on it.
>
> Clicking on the link takes you to a mortgage company site. I'm really curious about what's going on and would appreciate being kept up to date.
>
> Thanks to all,
>
> KK
Congradulations ! You have been spamed. The selection of kitkat was at random.
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