Can someone please PM me that video link, and anything else to follow along? I checked th3j35t3r's twitter feeds and main site but came up bupkis.

For protecting your computer, have a look at DEFRON's http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/983941-a-freeware-guide/. For protecting your information, on your own devices and throughout the 'net, see his http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1162786-data-privacy-day/ from Data Privacy Day.

For anything else, try http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/user/272052-defron/page__tab__topics http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/user/272052-defron/page__tab__posts, you'll probably find what you're after sooner or later (note, for example, the http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1177019-its-world-backup-day/ thread that didn't get as much attention as it deserved).

I'm not up to speed today, I just woke up. Could you tell me where they got the logins and passwords 'cause I'm like really freaking out here?

They are just from anywhere, no place in particular, in fact it says at the top of the document.

:facepalm:

Charming. Makes me glad I changed all my passwords this week. Wonder where they got all that information from?

so it doesn't say if its from yahoo, msn, gmail, or another email services?

*sigh* changing email passwords again.

Grrrr. Passwords are so hard for me to remember, I hardly ever change them. Are those programs like KeyPass really safe, or can they be compromised, too?

If you are going to write down the passwords, I prefer to write them in a .txt file, then place it in a Truecrypt container encrypted with AES-Twofish-Serpent with a strong password. Thats what I do with some of my longer ones.

It looks like Bioware got hit now.

The problem I have is that I usually remember what I first created for the site. If I change it, I'm bound to only remember the old one. Currently, mostly all my passwords are in my noggin and that's how I remember them. They tend to have similar elements, which makes it easy for me to remember dozens of them. But if I change them, then they aren't in my standard format, and that makes them less easy for me to recall them accurately.

Any news links?

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/06/16/bioware-neverwinter-forum-server-hacked.aspx

The problem with using randomised passwords is that I won't be able to access them when I'm not at home. Apart from that, when my friends come over and they log on onto their facebook profiles or email accounts, I'll have to go look for my new password instead of quickly logging back in when they're finished.

I've still changed some of my passwords (well I added some numbers and stuff), but they're not convenient any more.

Although truthfully I'd only not want my facebook account to be hacked.

No mention of LulzSec in that article though. I guess time will tell if they were truly involved. Given all that's happened, it seems likely, but I'd like to make sure before jumping to conclusions.

Tragic that it was NWN too. They should have gone after Dragon Age or something.

Do you have the email authentication turned on? Where every time you login, it will ask you to name your computer. Then it will email you with the IP of the PC that logged in.

I don't. That seems too long a process for logging in for my lazy self.

Alright, that's two websites I now post on that have been compromised.

Time to change everything.

KeePass has a portable version that you can stick on a USB drive and carry with you. It'll even work on Mac OS X/Linux if mono is installed on those computers. It doesn't even need Admin rights to run IIRC (which, unfortunately, can't be said for TrueCrypt).

LastPass is in the cloud, so it's accessible anywhere there is an Internet connection.

So it really is a non-problem :shrug:


KeePass isn't online, so it instantly does away with the most common of attacks. If someone has physical access, KeePass uses very good encryption to protect your data, even encrypting it in-memory. It's not quite as secure as TrueCrypt, but it's still very good. You can read more about it http://keepass.info/help/base/security.html.

I'll take a look at KeePass, cheers.

It takes exactly 10 extra seconds. 5 if you're a fast typer. You can also set it to remember a computer's account credentials so that you never have to authenticate say, your home desktop that way again.

Seriously, if you're that concerned about the security of your Facebook account, turn it on. Laziness shouldn't be an excuse when it comes to security.

It also makes me irritated at the websites that they can be so easily disrupted and hacked.

Lulzsec hasn't hacked Paypal, Ebay, Amazon, or Google Mail, have they?

Even less then 5 depending. I just input a short 4 key numerical value for my PC and its perfect.

That's part of their "justification." I didn't care when Sony got hacked (not the same peeps, I know) mainly cause I don't have a PS3, but also because of how arrogant the company was in handling the situation, acting like it wasn't a problem and further screwing their customers. And I totally support some of anonymous' hacking attacks against companies, just doing denial of service attacks or printing incriminating e-mails, but not stealing customer info or anything.

Lulzsec tho, just seem like a bunch of naughty children, hacking anyone they see as an easy target. No moral code to speak of.

I use a combination of randomized passwords and ones that I can remember ones. For stuff like these forums it's random passwords while for other things that I would have to access somewhere besides this computer I will make it so I can remember it.

Also if you end up using Keepass use auto-type, it's fantastic. It looks at the title of the window you are using and then will automatically type in your username and password when you press the hotkey (default ctrl+alt+a), if you need help figuring it out let me know and I'll try to answer.

I'm going to have to disagree with you about Annoymous, they are just as evil as Lulzsec.