Third In A Series: A recent post featured true stories of people who had their email accounts hijacked, and what happened to them as a result.
A follow-up explained how webmail services like GMail, Yahoo Mail, and Hotmail can be exploited by using the password reset feature.
A hacker without any sophisticated skills can burglarize a web-mail account by using the same password reset feature that is provided for the legitimate user who forgets their password.
If your account gets hijacked, you’ll be locked out of your own email. You may realize what has happened, but by then it is too late. The attacker has had access to your personal information, possibly using your email address to gain access to other accounts, such as Facebook or your online banking.
There are three simple things you can do to improve the security of your web-based email. Let’s take a look at how to make the password reset feature in Yahoo Mail more secure.