Re: Site Security - Could it be a Cookie Stealer?

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]
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> > 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.

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Site Security « kitkat Dr. Bob 11/5/02
Re: Site Security Dr. Bob 11/5/02
Re: Site Security oracle 11/6/02
Re: Site Security - Could it be a Cookie Stealer? fachad 11/6/02
Re: Could it be a Cookie Stealer? Dr. Bob 11/6/02
Re: Could it be a Cookie Stealer? » Dr. Bob kitkat 11/7/02
Re: Could it be a Cookie Stealer? oracle 11/8/02

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