E-mail hacking: As easy as 1-2-3?

Elluma Computer forensic expert from our West Palm Beach Florida office appeared yesterday on CNN In Session discussing the Sarah Palin email hacking case. David Kernell is accused of breaking into Palins email account by using Yahoos email password reset utility. In this interview for In Session, Kleiman, author and technical editor of Perfect Passwords, discusses how to use incorrect answers to Yahoos security questions. By using false answers, it makes it much harder for someone to guess your answer and be able to reset your password. CNNs Vinnie Politan interviewed Forensic expert Dave Kleiman and discussed how to track down a hacker and how to better protect yourself. When we respond to an intrusion case, we often see instances of very weak passwords that were easily defeated by a password cracking utility, Sarah Palins case, simply by guessing the answer. Poor passwords are often the weakest link in an otherwise strong security system.

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Science & Technology

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• Elluma
• CNN
• Computer Forensics

[tyrantmichael]

thank god he wasn't frm the East Palm Beach office