[PPRAANet] Possible Password Exposures

[Eric]

​Some common sense security tips (IMO):
1.  Never reuse a password
2.  Do not use Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc authentications if at all
possible
3.  Enable 2FA (2 Factor Autentication) everywhere it's offered
4.  Use a mobile authenticator that enables at least a pin (not google
authenticator)
5.  Purchase a Security key - Look at Yubikey (https://www.yubico.com/why-yu
bico/how-yubikey-works/)
6.  Use Random Passwords, combined with something like LastPass (
https://lastpass.com/f?23877192 , it's dirt cheap, well worth 10x mor the
price) to remember them

I carry a USB stick and my Yubikey with me everywhere I go.  The USB stick
has 2 partitions:
#1 FAT32 (visbile to windows)
#2 EXT4 (not visible to windows)

I'll take any comments or suggestions anyone has.

Eric
KB9DYG

On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Glenn <n3ulw at comcast.net> wrote:

>     To All:
>
>   Just when everyone thought RansomeWare was bad along comes this!
>
> https://www.cnet.com/how-to/protect-yourself-from-the-latest
> -database-breach/?ftag=CAD3c77551&bhid=21088775958325053417569391943282
>
> The ONLY info they require is your email, then they scan the net to see if
> your email is on any of the
>
> compromised lists! My email came back clean but the wife had 1 compromise.
> She will probably need to
>
> change some of her passwords!! P.S. It has NOTHING to do with MS or Apple
> or Linux!! Copied from the
>
> article; "security research center MacKeeper reported today that a massive
> database of stolen passwords has surfaced online <
> https://mackeepersecurity.com/post/mother-of-all-leaks>. And while this
> database is composed largely of passwords from a variety of sources, many
> of them years old, its newfound accessibility -- and conglomeration into a
> single collection -- is cause for concern."
>
> While some may be old, the wife's appeared on a recent list!! It doesn't
> hurt to check!!
>
>         Glenn n3ulw
>
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