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Learning From Sarah Palins Yahoo Mail Compromise

2008-09-18 13:31:56 by Chris Wysopal in Zero in a bit
 
...Sarah Palin, another public figure, having her online account compromised because someone used the password reset functionality and guessed the answer to Sarah Palins secret question . This is how the attacker says he found out her personal information and guessed the answer to her secret question. He details this on 4chan.org rubico...
 
Tags: password reset email, reset, password reset functionality, service, online postal service, password reset, online, online service, password
 
 
 
 
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VP Nominee Sarah Palin, Hacker?

2008-08-30 18:51:57 by Chris Wysopal in Zero in a bit
 
...Sarah Palin, knows a thing or two about retrieving evidence from a computer. The mainstream reporting calls her a hacker because she is able to retrieve files from the Windows recycle bin The Anchorage Daily News reports back in September 2004 Sarah Palin never thought of herself as an investigator. Yet there she was, hacking uncomfortably...
 
Tags: palin, sarah palin, computer, randy ruedrichs computer, computer password, computer security expertise, technician, aogcc technician, randy ruedrich
 
 
 
 
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Sarah Palins Yahoo Mailbox Compromised

2008-09-17 15:57:33 by Chris Wysopal in Zero in a bit
 
...Sarah Palins personal email and sent the information to Wikileaks which has posted the information publicly http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Sarah Palin Yahoo email hack 2008 Circa midnight Tuesday the 16th of September (EST) Wikileaks sources loosely affiliated with the activist group anonymous gained access to U.S. Republican Party...
 
Tags: wikileaks, palins, wikileaks sources loosely, information publicly, palins inbox, circa midnight tuesday, yahoo account, account, information
 
 
 
 
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How Sarah Palin's Email got "Hacked"

2008-09-18 17:49:59 by Editor in Irongeek's Security Site
 
...Sarah Palin's Email got "Hacked This is a quick video reconstruction I did of how Sarah Palin's Yahoo account got "hacked". You will see it's more about insecure design and easy to find information than anything really technical. I made a test account at Yahoo and this video traces the steps the attacker took. I'm hoping it will be useful to...
 
Tags: sarah palin, video, quick video reconstruction, yahoo account, video traces, yahoo, insecure design, email, test account
 
 
 
 
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How Sarah Palin's Email got "Hacked"

2008-09-18 17:49:59 by Editor in Irongeek's Security Site
 
...Sarah Palin's Email got "Hacked This is a quick video reconstruction I did of how Sarah Palin's Yahoo account got "hacked". You will see it's more about insecure design and easy to find information than anything really technical. I made a test account at Yahoo and this video traces the steps the attacker took. I'm hoping it will be useful to...
 
Tags: sarah palin, video, quick video reconstruction, yahoo account, video traces, yahoo, insecure design, email, test account
 
 
 
 
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How Sarah Palin's Email got "Hacked"

2008-09-18 17:49:59 by Editor in Irongeek's Security Site
 
...Sarah Palin's Email got "Hacked This is a quick video reconstruction I did of how Sarah Palin's Yahoo account got "hacked". You will see it's more about insecure design and easy to find information than anything really technical. I made a test account at Yahoo and this video traces the steps the attacker took. I'm hoping it will be useful to...
 
Tags: sarah palin, video, quick video reconstruction, yahoo account, video traces, yahoo, insecure design, email, test account
 
 
 
 
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Group Posts E-Mail Hacked From Sarah Palin Account

2008-09-17 04:50:57 by Kim Zetter in Wired Security
 
Online troublemakers known as "Anonymous" crack Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin's Yahoo e-mail account and posted portions on the web Wednesday
 
Tags: sarah palin, yahoo e-mail account, web wednesday, online troublemakers, crack republican, portions, anonymous
 
 
 
 
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Hackers Hijack Sarah Palins Yahoo Account, E-mails Published Online

2008-09-17 22:47:29 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
...Sarah Palin. According to Wikileaks, activists loosely affiliated with Anonymous somehow gained access to the account at around midnight Tuesday the 16th of September (EST). Screenshots of emails purportedly lifted from this
 
Tags: account, email account, republican vice presidential, activists loosely, hackers activist, midnight tuesday, yahoo, alaska governor, emails purportedly
 
 
 
 
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Sarah Palin's E-Mail

2008-09-24 16:01:58 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Sarah Palin's Yahoo e-mail account being hacked. I've already written about the security problems with "secret questions" back in 2005: The point of all these questions is the same: a backup password. If you forget your password, the secret question can verify your identity so you can choose another password or have the site e-mail your...
 
Tags: password, current password, questions, secret questions, random password, security, normal security protocol, backup password, secret question
 
 
 
 
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In the News: Hacking Sarah's Email, TSA-Approved Laptop Bags

2008-09-24 15:47:43 by Editor in IT Security - The IT Security Industry's Web Resource
 
Hacking Palin's EmailIt's no secret in the IT community that hacking into someone's email account is a fairly trivial task, but now that VP-candidate Sarah Palin's account has been cra
 
Tags: account, sarah palin, fairly trivial task, palin, email account, emailit, secret, community, cra