Hacked!

Karle94 · 01-19-13, 06:43 AM

My Facebook account was hacked once. Didn´t do much damage though. The worst part was liking Justin Bieber. I don´t have anything personal against him, but I don´t like the music. It was more like a facerape sort of hacking, just posting some strange statuses and liking strange stuff.

Spoon 11th · 01-19-13, 07:17 AM

I have just a spreadsheet file printed on paper. The file is kept on USB stick inside TrueCrypt container with about a meter long password.

Skybird · 01-19-13, 08:28 AM

For serious stuff (banking, shops you buy in) it pays - if you do not have a virtual keyboard to enter your password) to use a small, cheap USB stick with low capacity. Create an unsuspicioulsy rceated txt-file. There list the password - better passcode - that you need. Right-click and "copy" it, close the stick then go to the shop site, anter aour account name and then paste the code. That way you can bypass any keylogger that you might have already installed on your system.

I use two such USB sticks for going to my banking site, and a bookshop I frequently use. Costed me 3 Euros per stick.

The method is not fail-safe, however: if somebody has a constant stream of screenshots from your desktop being set to him, you are screwed again.

Passwords encryption and according manager programs have one disadvantage: your passwords nevertheless are stored on your HD and the safe place they are in can be found, the encryption can be tried to break through. Better solution is the physical disconnection, not just a software-installed pseudo-"disconnection". Set your browser so that all your passwords and temp files get deleted when you leave your browser. Use a sandbox. Don't use passwords - use passcodes.

Consider your privacy to be a high value item - to yourself so to guard it, but also business and criminals seeing it as prey. Do not trade it carelessly away. It's bad enough that all your internet activity nevertheless gets stored forever on American servers, being potential subject for any checking for the rest of your life.

Do not use cloud storage.

Try hard to be as paranoid as you can be. Because in the digital world, there is no such thing like "paranoia".

Schroeder · 01-19-13, 10:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skybird

if you do not have a virtual keyboard to enter your password

Comes free with Windows. Just hit right Windows key + u and select the virtual keyboard (I usually also change it's size so it's not the standard layout).

Skybird · 01-19-13, 08:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spoon 11th

I have just a spreadsheet file printed on paper. The file is kept on USB stick inside TrueCrypt container with about a meter long password.

HundertzehnGustav · 01-19-13, 09:40 AM

i was gonna say that copypaste trick is neat.

one more: that text file on the usb, make it hidden.

01-19-13, 06:43 AM	#1
Karle94 The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Norseland Posts: 1,355 Downloads: 253 Uploads: 0	My Facebook account was hacked once. Didn´t do much damage though. The worst part was liking Justin Bieber. I don´t have anything personal against him, but I don´t like the music. It was more like a facerape sort of hacking, just posting some strange statuses and liking strange stuff. __________________ Find my mods here: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/lzgciodldp58p/SH4_Mods My SH4 blog here: http://karle94.blogspot.com/

01-19-13, 08:28 AM	#3
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,636 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	For serious stuff (banking, shops you buy in) it pays - if you do not have a virtual keyboard to enter your password) to use a small, cheap USB stick with low capacity. Create an unsuspicioulsy rceated txt-file. There list the password - better passcode - that you need. Right-click and "copy" it, close the stick then go to the shop site, anter aour account name and then paste the code. That way you can bypass any keylogger that you might have already installed on your system. I use two such USB sticks for going to my banking site, and a bookshop I frequently use. Costed me 3 Euros per stick. The method is not fail-safe, however: if somebody has a constant stream of screenshots from your desktop being set to him, you are screwed again. Passwords encryption and according manager programs have one disadvantage: your passwords nevertheless are stored on your HD and the safe place they are in can be found, the encryption can be tried to break through. Better solution is the physical disconnection, not just a software-installed pseudo-"disconnection". Set your browser so that all your passwords and temp files get deleted when you leave your browser. Use a sandbox. Don't use passwords - use passcodes. Consider your privacy to be a high value item - to yourself so to guard it, but also business and criminals seeing it as prey. Do not trade it carelessly away. It's bad enough that all your internet activity nevertheless gets stored forever on American servers, being potential subject for any checking for the rest of your life. Do not use cloud storage. Try hard to be as paranoid as you can be. Because in the digital world, there is no such thing like "paranoia". __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

01-19-13, 09:40 AM	#6
HundertzehnGustav Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lux, betw. G, B and F Posts: 1,898 Downloads: 66 Uploads: 0	i was gonna say that copypaste trick is neat. one more: that text file on the usb, make it hidden. __________________ In conclusion: SH3 is the shizzle, yo. -Frau Kaleun Another negative about using your deck gun is that you are definately DETECTED, which has long term effects on your relationship with aircraft. -snestorm

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01-19-13, 07:17 AM	#2
Spoon 11th Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Finland Posts: 689 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I have just a spreadsheet file printed on paper. The file is kept on USB stick inside TrueCrypt container with about a meter long password.