Some scumbag just gained access to my PayPal account and stole over 500 USD from my bank account and reset my password. Luckily I received a email alert on my iPhone which raised suspicion and I managed to get the money refunded a day later.
Admittably I used the same passwords for my Gmail and PayPal accounts but with different email addresses. Also while on holiday I did logon to my Gmail account on a relative's desktop which has all sort of crap installed on it /was dog slow. Also foolishly I had a saved debit card on PayPal.
My desktop and laptop are free from viruses /spyware and I never logon to unsecure /hotspot wifi networks.
I can also spot a phishing email a mile off which now brings me onto the security of my jailbroken iPhone.
How safe is a jailbroken iPhone? I am running 4.2.1 GreenPoison and the first thing I did was change the default SSH password. I have also disabled and do not use SSH. Are there any other vulnerabilities?
I do have the PayPal app installed on my device but I also have a piece of software called 'mSecure' which I use to save all my web logon, bank and credit card details. This is an official iTunes app and is meant to have 256bit Blowfish encryption.
I am very puzzled in how someone gained access to my PayPal password. Anyway, I now have a different password for every single account I own and I ensure that my email account contains no information that can compromise any of my accounts. I have also removed my debit card information from PayPal and changed all the security questions. Also within the mSecure app I do not enter the passwords as plain text and instead I put something like "Jonny's cat + Dino's DOB" as a reminder for the password.
When IOS5 is released I am thinking about going stock. Is my issue likely due to logging onto a relatives PC with a keylogger /malicious software installed or some security hole on my iPhone?
Admittably I used the same passwords for my Gmail and PayPal accounts but with different email addresses. Also while on holiday I did logon to my Gmail account on a relative's desktop which has all sort of crap installed on it /was dog slow. Also foolishly I had a saved debit card on PayPal.
My desktop and laptop are free from viruses /spyware and I never logon to unsecure /hotspot wifi networks.
I can also spot a phishing email a mile off which now brings me onto the security of my jailbroken iPhone.
How safe is a jailbroken iPhone? I am running 4.2.1 GreenPoison and the first thing I did was change the default SSH password. I have also disabled and do not use SSH. Are there any other vulnerabilities?
I do have the PayPal app installed on my device but I also have a piece of software called 'mSecure' which I use to save all my web logon, bank and credit card details. This is an official iTunes app and is meant to have 256bit Blowfish encryption.
I am very puzzled in how someone gained access to my PayPal password. Anyway, I now have a different password for every single account I own and I ensure that my email account contains no information that can compromise any of my accounts. I have also removed my debit card information from PayPal and changed all the security questions. Also within the mSecure app I do not enter the passwords as plain text and instead I put something like "Jonny's cat + Dino's DOB" as a reminder for the password.
When IOS5 is released I am thinking about going stock. Is my issue likely due to logging onto a relatives PC with a keylogger /malicious software installed or some security hole on my iPhone?
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