So kids, the recent wave of security issues resulting in people's computers and private info getting ripped off shows no signs of letting up.
Currently, there is claimed to be an unknown vulnerability in vBulletin, the software currently used by PSB and thousands of other forums worldwide.
What does this mean? If you are using the same password for your PSB login (or any other forum) as anything else, especially for the email account you signed up with - change it.
It also means that the days of getting away with re-using the same passwords everywhere are over.
I would highly recommend you use different passwords for each site, and to do this, the easiest way to do it is with a password manager (because remembering one or two passwords is hard enough, more than a handful is impossible - and people generate REALLY shitty passwords).
One of the best, if not the best available is called "KeePass" - fully open source, and free. There's no real excuse not to use one.
KeePass can record your passwords in an encrypted database so you only need to remember one (good) password to encrypt your database with. Every other password can be either auto-typed or copied and pasted out of Keepass. It can generate secure random passwords for you that you don't need to remember.
KeePass is available here: KeePass Password Safe
You can set it up to sync via dropbox between multiple computers, to your phone, etc.
Set up unique passwords for every site. Stress less.
Currently, there is claimed to be an unknown vulnerability in vBulletin, the software currently used by PSB and thousands of other forums worldwide.
What does this mean? If you are using the same password for your PSB login (or any other forum) as anything else, especially for the email account you signed up with - change it.
It also means that the days of getting away with re-using the same passwords everywhere are over.
I would highly recommend you use different passwords for each site, and to do this, the easiest way to do it is with a password manager (because remembering one or two passwords is hard enough, more than a handful is impossible - and people generate REALLY shitty passwords).
One of the best, if not the best available is called "KeePass" - fully open source, and free. There's no real excuse not to use one.
KeePass can record your passwords in an encrypted database so you only need to remember one (good) password to encrypt your database with. Every other password can be either auto-typed or copied and pasted out of Keepass. It can generate secure random passwords for you that you don't need to remember.
KeePass is available here: KeePass Password Safe
You can set it up to sync via dropbox between multiple computers, to your phone, etc.
Set up unique passwords for every site. Stress less.
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