Hi All
I have a hotmail email account and some time back I suffered a hack into this email account, At the time I thought it had been some sort of spyware or even worse a key logger that had somehow infected my PC. Ever since I have always logged in with an incorrect password first and then finally my correct PW with no further problems.
I have noticed since doing this that there are times when hotmail allows an attempted log on without security. At times the initial screen displays as a http rather than https.
My understanding is that when its https it encrypts the entered data and thus prevents the log on info being sniffed as against when its http only anyone can sniff these packets and see the data entered (with appropriate software)
So now I have come to the conclusion that my hotmail account was hacked not throuigh a lack of security on my PC but rather slack programming by hotmail. This seems to be borne out by the number of people who have had their email accounts hacked.
Anyway, I though I would mention it as something you should look out for not only with hotmail but any other log on screen.
Cheers
I have a hotmail email account and some time back I suffered a hack into this email account, At the time I thought it had been some sort of spyware or even worse a key logger that had somehow infected my PC. Ever since I have always logged in with an incorrect password first and then finally my correct PW with no further problems.
I have noticed since doing this that there are times when hotmail allows an attempted log on without security. At times the initial screen displays as a http rather than https.
My understanding is that when its https it encrypts the entered data and thus prevents the log on info being sniffed as against when its http only anyone can sniff these packets and see the data entered (with appropriate software)
So now I have come to the conclusion that my hotmail account was hacked not throuigh a lack of security on my PC but rather slack programming by hotmail. This seems to be borne out by the number of people who have had their email accounts hacked.
Anyway, I though I would mention it as something you should look out for not only with hotmail but any other log on screen.
Cheers