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<blockquote data-quote="Parrappa" data-source="post: 1590412" data-attributes="member: 328596"><p>OK... I consider myself to be pretty educated when it comes to network security, I work in IT, and generally just have good common sense. I don't download and open suspicious files or plugins, I use different and secure passwords, I have a firewall...</p><p></p><p>Anyway, about a week ago, I got an email from myself that was advertising something, I quickly realized that that email had also been sent to all my contacts, and that obviously somebody had my email password. At this point, I downloaded and activated "Lastpass", Changed all of my passwords to even more secure, random ones, and also downloaded a copy of Kaspersky for Mac, as well as Macscan and did full scans of my system, which both turned up nothing in the malware department.</p><p></p><p>Fast forward a week, I just got another email from myself advertising something again. So my question is, how the **** did somebody get ahold of my updated password? Which is extremely secure. 12 random characters and numbers generated by Lastpass. I have only accessed the email account from my macbook, and my iphone.</p><p></p><p>I have no idea how my updated password was obtained, and am curious what I can do to prevent it from happening again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Parrappa, post: 1590412, member: 328596"] OK... I consider myself to be pretty educated when it comes to network security, I work in IT, and generally just have good common sense. I don't download and open suspicious files or plugins, I use different and secure passwords, I have a firewall... Anyway, about a week ago, I got an email from myself that was advertising something, I quickly realized that that email had also been sent to all my contacts, and that obviously somebody had my email password. At this point, I downloaded and activated "Lastpass", Changed all of my passwords to even more secure, random ones, and also downloaded a copy of Kaspersky for Mac, as well as Macscan and did full scans of my system, which both turned up nothing in the malware department. Fast forward a week, I just got another email from myself advertising something again. So my question is, how the **** did somebody get ahold of my updated password? Which is extremely secure. 12 random characters and numbers generated by Lastpass. I have only accessed the email account from my macbook, and my iphone. I have no idea how my updated password was obtained, and am curious what I can do to prevent it from happening again. [/QUOTE]
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