Comments on: How hackers swipe your Linkedin password

By: catarinaalexon

catarinaalexon — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 10:06:08 +0000

Yes Bethany, it's amazing how easy it is isn't it.

By: Bethany Lee

Bethany Lee — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:06:11 +0000

Thanks Catarina. I need to get on a program of changing my passwords on a regular basis, AND logging out of my email accounts. This is a good reminder. And seeing the video put it before my eyes just how easy it is for someone to hack you and you are not at all aware--just carrying on business as normal and they are hacking you! My recent post Flower in Black and White

By: catarinaalexon

catarinaalexon — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 14:56:10 +0000

Thanks Cheryl. Somehow am not surprised that you like the article and video:-) Glad you sorted out your hacked Linkedin account.

By: Geek Girl

Geek Girl — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 13:25:29 +0000

Great article Catarina! We sometimes get lazy and forget the basics. Thanks for the reminder! Cheryl from LinkedIn. BTW – my password on LinkedIn was hacked. Changed that pretty quickly.

By: catarinaalexon

catarinaalexon — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 09:44:41 +0000

Glad you it AK. Sorry to hear you web site was hacked but not surprised Sherryl helped you out. We have to protect ourselves as much as we can, even though hackers are far too creative for the common good:-)

By: akandrewwriter

akandrewwriter — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 09:30:39 +0000

Great post Catarina & really interesting video. Totally creepy there are hacker 'how -to programmes' on line. My website was hacked a couple of months ago & Sherryl Perry was incredibly helpful in going through a list of things to do. She has a post on keepupwiththeweb.com which deals with this issue. The inroads were minimal , so I was lucky. The idea of identity theft is really scary. Since then I have more complex passwords and also more things with separate passwords - I clumped too many things under one password before, only keeping separate passwords for banks etc. It's a drag, because there's only a few I can remember, but feel it's worth the extra hassle. My recent post Nora Ephron – Pioneer Film Writer and Director

By: catarinaalexon

catarinaalexon — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 17:16:59 +0000

My pleasure Jyoti! It's good to know, isn't it.

By: Jyoti Prakash Haldar

Jyoti Prakash Haldar — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 17:09:53 +0000

I can say only one-thing to you Catarina and that is Thank you very-much for the "Very Very Valuable Information" you have given us through the video! Thanks again Catarina!

By: catarinaalexon

catarinaalexon — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:37:52 +0000

Glad you like it Leora. Catch is when they swipe passwords the way shown in the video it doesn't matter how complicated our passwords are. They get them:-)

By: Leora

Leora — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:24:23 +0000

Catarina, great post on hacking a site. Just the other day I was telling a client to pick a good password. She really wanted something terribly simple and hackable. It took a bit of coaxing to get her to realize hacking is quite possible. Good advice in this video - like don't click on links in emails, use a variety of passwords on various sites, close browsers, and be aware of the url when logging into any site. My recent post When Small Business Owners Should Ignore Social Media