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Tasks for the weekend March 6 – check your logins
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March 6, 2021 at 11:32 pm #2348419
Susan Bradley
ManagerYoutube video here For those of you that do use Microsoft accounts, do you check your log in history? I mean your ONLINE log in history? Go here – sig
[See the full post at: Tasks for the weekend March 6 – check your logins]Susan Bradley Patch Lady
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March 7, 2021 at 12:51 pm #2348537
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March 7, 2021 at 12:55 pm #2348552
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March 7, 2021 at 3:11 pm #2348564
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March 7, 2021 at 1:06 pm #2348553
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AskWoody MVPI also see 12 unsuccessful login attempts from Brazil and Poland in the last month.
But I do have two-step verification enabled (using the Microsoft Authenticator app).
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March 7, 2021 at 4:00 pm #2348572
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AskWoody PlusInteresting. I see two unsuccessful logins from China in the last month and like Susan they are both through my Skype username which i never use. Does anyone know how to delete just the Skype account but retain the Outlook account? I can’t find where to do this because of course they want to make it as difficult to find as possible.
edit: Well, according to NordVPN they won’t allow you to unlink your Microsoft and Skype accounts which is unfortunate.
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March 7, 2021 at 4:02 pm #2348571
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GuestNot uncommon to see failed logins. I manage websites and email servers and the amount of failed logins is enormous, especially to email addresses advertised online or listed in a hack database. Failed isn’t the issue. Logins that were successful, but not by you, are the issue. Strong passwords!
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March 7, 2021 at 4:24 pm #2348580
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AskWoody PlusStrong passwords and two factor authentication! Which is becoming increasingly essential, and not just an SMS text either but a one time password through an app. For android i use a FOSS alternative (https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.liberty.android.freeotpplus/) and for Keepass there are various plugins (https://keepass.info/plugins.html). No cloud (someone else’s computer) options for me, thank you.
I was also trying to find that site which shows you the websites which support 2FA but it turns out the original domain was taken over so it’s been temporarily relocated – https://2fa.directory/
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March 8, 2021 at 2:59 am #2348651
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March 8, 2021 at 8:52 am #2348728
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AskWoody MVPIf you see unsuccessful login attempts your email with Microsoft has probably been compromised.
If my Microsoft account had been compromised the login attempts would be successful, wouldn’t they?
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March 8, 2021 at 1:48 pm #2348853
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AskWoody PlusI believe that means your email address is compromised. Is certainly out there and known to the bad guys. But if the login attempt was unsuccessful they don’t have your password. By the way I agree that you should have 2FA. I use that plus Microsoft authenticator. I was seeing unsuccessful logins and sync requests from around the world on my account. It is extremely disturbing! I know my email id has been compromised. I have had it for over 15 years & it’s been in multiple breaches. You could always check have I been pwned. Anyway I didn’t like it and I recently added a new alias specifically for online accounts. I changed my Microsoft account to a different email. Now it’s the primary alias which I am using for email only. I’m going to delete my old account, eventually.
In the meantime I am not seeing any unsuccessful logins anymore.
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March 8, 2021 at 2:10 pm #2348858
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March 8, 2021 at 2:11 pm #2348860
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AskWoody PlusIf you see unsuccessful login attempts your email with Microsoft has probably been compromised.
If my Microsoft account had been compromised the login attempts would be successful, wouldn’t they?
Not if they don’t know your password.
If you use 2FA the hackers can’t revoke password and set a new password.
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