12/02/2013
Less than 24 hours we have receive several complains on massive hack into nigerian user yahoo email id, complain coming in from affected clients suggesting that Yahoo Mail users in nigeria have had their accounts hacked. While “hacked” is a very broad term nowadays, it does appear that Yahoo email accounts are being compromised after users click on a malicious link they receive in their inboxes.
In 3 high profile cases today we have seen how the attacker take full control of the mail boxes, redirecting all incoming mails to a clone account, to these effect we have advice every user to
Never open attachments (or follow links) from people you don't know.
Never open emails from people you don't know (delete the message).
Never type a username and password at a site that you have not explicitly typed its address. A hacker can mimic any site by looks and/or by url address.
If you ever get an email notifying you that you are a winner of the lottery, you are not!
If you ever get an email from a celebrity, government entity, bank, etc, and they are asking you to give them your info or follow a link, don't.
If a site that you are member of ( your bank, tax, etc) sends you an email asking for your password, it's not them.
Never never never submit personal information by email.
Do not install cracked/hacked/pirated software.