PanoTools NG:
Re: Breached Websites among PTNG subscribers according to Avira
quentin desouza 2014-Apr-16 14:54:14
I did not know if you were aware that is why I wrote to. You Roger.
Regards,
Quentin.
On Wednesday, April 16, 2014, Roger Williams <#removed#> wrote:
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> Yes, thank you, Quentin.
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> That was generally my understanding of the situation and I wasn?t too
> worried about that couple of spoof mails. My ISP?s mail server will now NOT
> relay mails, so I am pretty well protected.
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> Roger
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> *From:* #removed#<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','#removed#');>[mailto:
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> *On Behalf Of *quentin desouza
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 16, 2014 10:40 AM
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> *Subject:* Re: [PanoToolsNG] Breached Websites among PTNG subscribers
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> Hello Roger,
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> I am very surprised to hear this.
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> The point that you bake about someone sending mail from your email address
> can be done without knowing the other persons password.
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> It is very easy to spoof a email address because there is no method to
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> Spoofing can be done by simply creating a mail account with the mail
> address you want to spoof.
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> Probably it can't be done on a Apple computer or using thunderbird as they
> check the credentials before allowing you to send mail.
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> But it can be done using any very basic mail client.
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> I myself have received many spam mails from myself but I know for a fact
> that my mail account has not been hacked.
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> Regards,
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> Quentin.
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> On Wednesday, April 16, 2014, Roger Williams <#removed#<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','#removed#');>>
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> I recently installed the Avira app for iOS on my iPhone 5 and it reported
> that 29 of my email contacts had had their addresses and passwords
> breached, i.e., that they had been published on the web. An alternative
> mail address of my own was included among them, and so were many of those
> in PanoToolsNG who have written directly to me (and therefore appear in my
> address book). The only site that I use among those listed by Avira as
> breached for my mail account was Adobe, and of course I was already aware
> of this breach. Fortunately, although Adobe?s mail addresses were breached,
> the passwords were still encrypted, so the possibility of identity theft
> was low, but I changed my password anyway. If anyone is interested to know
> if Avira considers them or their correspondents ?breached? I recommend
> installing this free app and letting it scan your address book.
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> I did receive a couple of spam mails that pretended to be from my other
> mail address but none after that. Hope no-one else has received any? My ISP
> is now set to reject emails that do not originate from my own computer(s)
> so it shouldn?t be happening.
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> Roger W.
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